[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 125 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 10, 2003

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor His Holiness Tenzin 
Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet for his efforts promoting dialogue 
to bring peace to Tibetan lands and an end to oppression. His presence 
here on Capitol Hill today should be a reminder to all--that dialogue 
makes firm the roots of peace and without it tyranny takes hold.
  His Holiness is a figure of pure inspiration. He speaks on love, war, 
peace, hate, economics and other subjects, but he continually comes 
back to individual responsibility. The individual is the root, the 
base, the foundation of family, community, society, and country, and 
all things good must begin with the individual. There is much good each 
American can do to promote world peace if we take to heart the Dali 
Lama's teaching.
  I would like to commemorate the Dalai Lama for his continued pursuit 
of peace in Tibet, the Middle East, and other war-torn places around 
the globe, and for the goodness that he imbues in all of us. He 
challenges us to search for the better, and in that search, we inspire 
others. This body politic must recommit itself to the pursuit of peace 
at home and abroad.

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