More reading of the Einstein book has uncovered this gem, written in a message to the Progressive Education Association in 1934:

“Security for the United States, as for other countries, lies only in a satisfactory solution of the world peace problem.”

The gist of his little essay was that, by virtue of our geography, American schools had the opportunity to teach children peace (since it’s unlikely for our country to be attacked), but that we ought not teach that isolationism is a way to achieve peace.

I wonder, while observing the reaction of our government, if we have yet realized that the terrorist threat, that threats to our safety, come directly from the status of peace in the world.

Oh, wait, I already have the answer to that question. It’s obviously “no”.

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