We must mobilize our compassion and the intrinsic moral goodness of America to break the power chain of divine sovereignties and permit the human state to succeed the military state. For it is the moral goodness of America that makes this country great, the goodness that recognizes the infinite intrinsic value of the human person. We need to translate this moral goodness into international relations. We need to export it, for, in the long run, it -- rather our wealth, our standard of living, and our named power -- is what attracts the rest of the world to America. I have no doubt that the Soviet Union fears our goodness much more than our badness.
--Robert S. Hartman (1963)
--Robert S. Hartman (1963)
Just substitute "Soviet Union" for "Iran" and the same will apply nowadays what applied back in 1963. It's not more wealth, stronger weapons or greater power, but morality and goodness that we need to fight the terror.