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anEnglishspeech:
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Sincetwo-hijackedpassengerplanescrashedtheWorldTradeCentertobits,theworldhasbeenbathedintears.Shockedatthisterroristattack,wecan’thelpaskingwhat“peace”isandhowwecansetensuredofpeace.
Peace,inanylanguage,isaneasytermtopronounce.Peaceevokesthesimplestyetmostcherishedsentimentofhuman.Peacehasalwaysbeenmankind’skeydrivingforce.Peacestandsastheultimateaimafterwhichmanaspires.Yet,thehistoryofcivilizationhasitblackandwhitethatwhilewespeakincessantlyofpeace,manattimessimplydothingsthateclipseorevenloseitsface.
Humannaturebeingwhatitis,peaceisneversomethingtobeattainedatease.Andwithcompetitionsupplyingthemajorcontentofexistenceforushomosapiens,perfectpeace,tomanyisbutawordandapursuitmeaningless.Butwejustcouldnotstandmotionlessagainstcompetitiongeneratingintoclashesandconflicts,howeverstrongman’sacquisitivenessis.
Ifindmyheartbleedingwhileturninghistory’spages,fromtheGreco-PersianwartotheCrusaders,fromHitler’sconcentrationcampstoJapaneseSecondWorldWarbacteriaexperiments,thehistoryofmankindhadbloodykillingsforabetterpartofitsunmistakablemarkings.Andrecenthistory,asrevealedbytheterroristattackontheWTCtwin-towerbuilding,isnotintheleastnice.Rather,itsendstheoppositetruth:
peaceismissingamidstthemanyproudstrideshumanityhasachievedonplanetearth.
Closeoureyesnot,ladiesandgentlemen,boysandgirls,inatimewhenhumiliation,aggregation,slaughterandtorturearebeinginflicteduponmillions.Let’sstandfirmonthisfaith:
peacewillprevailaslongaswepreventthelongingsforpeacebeingshakentopieces.Forourparents,grandparentsandforefathers,theirsufferingsandhavingsufferedfromalackofpeacejustdidn’tunderminetheirbeliefinpeace’slandingattheirfootsteps.Nordidallthisstopthempayingheavypricestousherinpeaceforposterity’sgoodness.Sincetheydidnotlosetheirhopeforasocietyofpeaceandaworldofpeace,whatgroundcanweholdotherthanthis-----lookforwardandjoinourhandstoreachouttopeace.
WiththeWTCtragedystillthereintheeyes,drawingnearertotheheartofmanymustinevitablybeasenseofhopelessness.Lostnoheart,I’lltellthem,forhopelessnesscanbeeasilybetranslatedintodream,anddreamtodeeds.Oncedeedsarethere,thelightofpeacewillbeshiningourpathofprogress.