QUOTES
We
can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.
In
many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link
the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
We desire
peace - and that is why we have never resorted to physical force. We crave for
justice - and that is why we are so persistent in the struggle for our rights.
We seek freedom of convictions - and that is why we have never attempted to enslave
man's conscience, nor shall we ever attempt to do so. We are fighting for the
right of the working people to association and for the dignity of human labor.
We respect the dignity and the rights of every man and every nation. The path
to a brighter future of the world leads through honest reconciliation of the conflicting
interests and not through hatred and bloodshed. To follow that path means to enhance
the moral power of the all-embracing idea of human solidarity.
