In Between Tragedy and Hope, Humanity Must Dare to be Wise
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For the first time in fifty-four years, the United States successfully launched a manned orbit of the Moon, on the evening of April 1st, representing an accomplishment not just for the U.S., but for humanity itself. Just a day earlier, LaRouche Independent Presidential candidate Diane Sare had called attention in a video statement to the Apollo 8 Mission circling of the Moon, and the Christmas message of astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders, who read from the Book of Genesis. On Easter week, people are called upon to reflect upon such accomplishments on behalf of humanity, which reflect the fact that Man is born in the image of God, and can discover the greater laws governing the universe for the benefit of others.
Unfortunately, this was not main point addressed by President Trump in his April Fools’ Day speech, in his non-use, bordering on misuse, of the historic Artemis II Mission. Instead, the clueless President claimed that the nation was on track to secure its military objectives in Iran, and that this illegal war of aggression was somehow necessary for the security of the world. The reality is quite different, because none of his objectives have been met, and the world is closer than ever to the brink of nuclear war.
If President Trump were of sound mind, and had the least bit of ability to effectively demonstrate real statecraft, he could have used the occasion of Easter week, and the beginning of Passover, Wednesday night, to cause the nation to reflect on the words of President John F. Kennedy at the UN, September 20, 1963, when he proposed that there be a joint mission to the Moon by the United States and the Soviet Union, the two great adversaries of that era: “Surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries--indeed of all the world--cannot work together in the conquest of space, sending someday in this decade to the moon not the representatives of a single nation, but the representatives of all of our countries.”
Then, addressing the quagmire of conflict into which the world has been plunged, largely due to the Epstein Class’s blackmail and other negative impact on the American executive and legislative branches of government, the President might have cited JFK’s American University reflection that “mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.” JFK continued, “Our problems are manmade--therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable--and we believe they can do it again.” But, that did not happen.
Last night’s great moment found a small President. However, the people must not be small, as the German poet Friedrich Schiller said of the people of France in 1789. Instead, we must dare to be wise.
In the absence of leadership, the Schiller Institute and its Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche have issued an appeal to Pope Leo XIV and other religious leaders to intervene on the level of the great diplomat, cardinal, and scientist Nicholas of Cusa, as a way of ending conflict and promoting peace through development among opposites. In this present circumstance, people should consider their own responsibility as citizens—regardless of their own religious affiliation—in reading what Pope John XXIII said in his encyclical, “Pacem In Terris,” written just before his death in April, 1963. Just before this, the Pope had intervened to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis from evolving into global thermonuclear warfare. In his encyclical, Pope John XXIII said, “Men, both as individuals and as intermediate groups, are required to make their own specific contributions to the general welfare. The main consequence of this is that they must harmonize their own interests with the needs of others, and offer their goods and services as their rulers shall direct… Those who have authority in the State must exercise that authority in a way which is not only morally irreproachable, but also best calculated to ensure or promote the State's welfare. The attainment of the common good is the sole reason for the existence of civil authorities. In working for the common good, therefore, the authorities must obviously respect its nature…”
Now is the time for all citizens, of all civil societies, to stand up on behalf of all of humanity in the same way that the astronauts on their way to the Moon are standing up for all of humanity. Through the same principles that underlie the science of physical economy that got us to the Moon, we must arrive at a harmony among all humanity on Earth. We must, in the image of that Presidential System created in the United States 250 years ago, declare the independence of the human race from racism, imperialism, war and predation. It is the resurrection of those values that is most required this Holy Week.
Unfortunately, this was not main point addressed by President Trump in his April Fools’ Day speech, in his non-use, bordering on misuse, of the historic Artemis II Mission. Instead, the clueless President claimed that the nation was on track to secure its military objectives in Iran, and that this illegal war of aggression was somehow necessary for the security of the world. The reality is quite different, because none of his objectives have been met, and the world is closer than ever to the brink of nuclear war.
If President Trump were of sound mind, and had the least bit of ability to effectively demonstrate real statecraft, he could have used the occasion of Easter week, and the beginning of Passover, Wednesday night, to cause the nation to reflect on the words of President John F. Kennedy at the UN, September 20, 1963, when he proposed that there be a joint mission to the Moon by the United States and the Soviet Union, the two great adversaries of that era: “Surely we should explore whether the scientists and astronauts of our two countries--indeed of all the world--cannot work together in the conquest of space, sending someday in this decade to the moon not the representatives of a single nation, but the representatives of all of our countries.”
Then, addressing the quagmire of conflict into which the world has been plunged, largely due to the Epstein Class’s blackmail and other negative impact on the American executive and legislative branches of government, the President might have cited JFK’s American University reflection that “mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.” JFK continued, “Our problems are manmade--therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable--and we believe they can do it again.” But, that did not happen.
Last night’s great moment found a small President. However, the people must not be small, as the German poet Friedrich Schiller said of the people of France in 1789. Instead, we must dare to be wise.
In the absence of leadership, the Schiller Institute and its Chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche have issued an appeal to Pope Leo XIV and other religious leaders to intervene on the level of the great diplomat, cardinal, and scientist Nicholas of Cusa, as a way of ending conflict and promoting peace through development among opposites. In this present circumstance, people should consider their own responsibility as citizens—regardless of their own religious affiliation—in reading what Pope John XXIII said in his encyclical, “Pacem In Terris,” written just before his death in April, 1963. Just before this, the Pope had intervened to stop the Cuban Missile Crisis from evolving into global thermonuclear warfare. In his encyclical, Pope John XXIII said, “Men, both as individuals and as intermediate groups, are required to make their own specific contributions to the general welfare. The main consequence of this is that they must harmonize their own interests with the needs of others, and offer their goods and services as their rulers shall direct… Those who have authority in the State must exercise that authority in a way which is not only morally irreproachable, but also best calculated to ensure or promote the State's welfare. The attainment of the common good is the sole reason for the existence of civil authorities. In working for the common good, therefore, the authorities must obviously respect its nature…”
Now is the time for all citizens, of all civil societies, to stand up on behalf of all of humanity in the same way that the astronauts on their way to the Moon are standing up for all of humanity. Through the same principles that underlie the science of physical economy that got us to the Moon, we must arrive at a harmony among all humanity on Earth. We must, in the image of that Presidential System created in the United States 250 years ago, declare the independence of the human race from racism, imperialism, war and predation. It is the resurrection of those values that is most required this Holy Week.