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For peace the nations speak with one Resounding voice to say: The end of wars can be achieved If we united stay. For peace the poets sing their songs And plead with those who hear: Please, let us now renounce our hate And conquer all our fear. For peace the saints all teach that God Would have men freely live, So let’s now live as God would have And each the past forgive. For peace the Sufis build a bridge From God to man below, So let’s receive the blessings that Our God’s love does bestow. ...

Muhammad Yunus, micro financier And founder of the growing Grameen Bank, I cheer The evolutionary strides you’ve made In bringing the poor some needed banking aid. With just a twenty-seven dollar start, In Nineteen-Seventy-Six, you put your heart To work in Bangladesh to find a way A simple bank could poverty allay. You loaned to those who had the greatest need And guided them until they did succeed. And when they paid you back, you loaned again Until your bank became a great campaign. You’ve...

Yes, Doctor King, it is your praise I raise! You were Drum Major in the noble quest For freedom in a world of dispossessed. You changed the world by serving the oppressed. Your voice and willingness to serve I praise! “Avoid romanticizing King,” some say. “He was no saint.” And they say I do Disservice to you and them to view You more than the common man they knew. They say that I your memory betray. But I will celebrate your soul: *You did your duty as a Christian ought; *You brought salvati...

I am delighted with our diversity. It’s all the rage for me. ‘Though some may pass On its fine charms and rage against my set, I’ll still be charmed with everything that’s made The world so right. I simply cannot bear To think how dull the world would be if on Us all some moldy mold was settled on. Boring! What’s life without diversity? What force of pall would force us all to pass Some test of similarity? Who’d set The standards we’d have to meet? Would you be made To be like me, or me like ...

Rolihlahla Mandela, may your name Be always raised when we Great Souls proclaim. Your noble struggle in South Africa to end Apartheid’s blight on black and white and mend The painful past that held such dominance Was more than just of local consequence. It has reverberated ‘round the world. It has a new peace consciousness unfurled. Because you chose to use non-violence to remove Apartheid from the land, you helped improve The lives of those oppressed, without A bloody revolutionary rout. You...