We Cannot Avert Our Eyes

Citizens Across The United States Are Now Uniting In A Great Cause To Establish A Department Of Peace, Seeking Nothing Less Than The Transformation Of Our Society, To Make Non-violence An Organizing Principle, To Make War Archaic Through Creating A Paradigm Shift In Our Culture For Human Development, For Economic And Political Justice And For Violence Control.

Poverty Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction. Joblessness Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction, Homelessness, A Weapon Of Mass Destruction... Racism, A Weapon Of Mass Destruction, Fear, A Weapon Of Mass Destruction. We Must Disarm These Weapons And Renew Our Commitment To Quality Public Schools And Dedicated Teachers And Good Housing And Quality Health Care And Decent Jobs And Stronger Neighborhoods.

The Scriptures Bid Us To Send Forth Our Light And Our Truth And When Children Carry Within Their Hearts The Torch Of Hope, They Learn The Darkness Yields Not Only To Man-made Fire, But To Starlight, To The Rising Sun, And To The Light Of The Soul.

The Tax Code Is Not The Only Area Where The Administration Is Helping The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get Poorer. It Has Spent $155 Billion For An Unnecessary War Driven By Fear.

And My Approach Has Always Been To Stand Up And Speak Out On Behalf Of The Economic Rights Of People.