We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.
Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Credit: Abraham Lincoln
Comment: The source and meaning of the phrase “better angels” : “Better Angels” In Our Past
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- Changing Minds Through Conversation The role of conversation in Derek Black’s transformation
- The Power of Talking with Enemies Özlem Cekic’s story of transforming hostility through conversation
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