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dated March 22, 1958: Peace through goodwill

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, India’s Vice-President, on March 20, appealed to the United States to lead the world to peace and security, “not by the force of deadly weapons but through understanding, justice and imaginative compassion.” In a lecture prepared for delivery at Columbia University, he said, “There is no magic formula or short cut to peace. We may proceed step by step, reach limited agreements, improve the political climate, strengthen the confidence among nations and foster policies of live and let live of co-existence. It is essential for the leaders of the great Powers to start negotiations in an atmosphere of goodwill, sincerity and imagination, with a determination to reach agreement on the suspension of atomic tests as the first step. The way of peace requires that men and nations should recognise their common humanity.” Dr. Radhakrishnan said the crisis facing the world to-day was not material or intellectual but moral and spiritual.

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