Should we understand the last 25 years of global integration as nothing more than a detour from the previous inevitable cycle of history - where might makes right, and politics is a hostile competition between tribes and races and religions, and nations compete in a zero-sum game, constantly teetering on the edge of conflict until full-blown war breaks out? Is that what we think?
Let me tell you what I believe. I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality and justice and freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal, and they’re endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. And I believe that a world governed by such principles is possible and that it can achieve more peace and more cooperation in pursuit of a common good. That’s what I believe.
And I believe we have no choice but to move forward; that those of us who believe in democracy and civil rights and a common humanity have a better story to tell.
Quote by Barack Hussein Obama II, served as the 44th President of the United States of America and borned in August 4, 1961.
Image by Official White House Photo - Pete Souza under Public Domain from https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/8390033709/ and