From a letter by Mother Theresa to the presidents of two countries about to go to war against each other:

            I come to you in the name of God, the God that we all love and share, to beg for the innocent ones, our poor of the world, and those who will become poor because of war.  They are the ones who will suffer most because they have no means of escape.  I plead on bended knee for them. They will suffer and when they do, we will be the ones who are guilty for not having done all in our power to protect and love them.

            I plead to you for those who will be left orphaned, widowed, and left alone, because their parents, husbands, brothers, and children have been killed.  I beg you please to save them.

            I plead for those who will be left with disability and disfigurement.  They are God’s children.  I plead for those who will be left with no home, no food and no love.  Please think of them as being your children.

            Finally, I plead for those who will have the most precious thing that God can give us, life, taken away from them.  I beg you to save our brothers and sisters, yours and ours, because they are given to us by God to love and to cherish.  It is not for us to destroy what God has given to us.  Please, please let your mind and your will become the mind and will of God.

            You have the power to bring war into the world, or to build peace.  Please choose the way of peace.

--Mother Teresa of Calcutta