We ask only that men think it over carefully and then decide
whether they will add to the misery of the world to achieve vague
and distant goals, and whether they will accept a world crowded
with weapons where brother kills brother; or whether, on the
contrary, they will avoid as much bloodshed as possible in order
to give future generations -- who will be even better armed than
ourselves -- a chance for survival.... What we must fight is
fear and silence, and with them the spiritual isolation they
involve. What we must defend is dialogue and the universal
communication of men. Slavery, injustice, and lies are the
plagues that destroy this dialogue and forbid this communication,
and that is why we must reject them.
-- Albert Camus. "Toward Dialogue" (1946).