#speakpeacefully

"Lower our voices would be a simple thing. In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another—until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices." - Richard Nixon (inaugural address January 20th 1969. Reflections upon our history today with our son.... His words still so relevant today. #notaloser #speakpeacefully #winwithpeacefulaction #whatsyourlegacy (at Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum)