Real Manliness Is Nurtured in Kindness and Gentleness

Dear Representative Stauber,

“Real manliness is nurtured in kindness and gentleness, which I associate with intelligence, comprehension, tolerance, justice, education, and high morality.”

- Sophia Loren

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: “Sophia Loren Quotes.” Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/290913.Sophia_Loren. Accessed 23 April 2026.

Image source: “Sophia Loren, circa 1955.” Getty Images, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sophia-loren-italian-actress-wearing-a-sleeveless-top-with-news-photo/140798276. Accessed 23 April 2026.

Mailed April 24, 2026

Force Has No Place Where There Is Need of Skill

Dear Representative Stauber,

“Force has no place where there is need of skill."

- Herodotus, 5^th century BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote and image source: “Herodotus.” Wikiquote, https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Herodotus. Accessed 13 April 2026.

Mailed April 14, 2026

No Man Is So Foolish As To Desire War

Dear Representative Stauber,

“No man is so foolish as to desire war more than peace: for in peace sons bury their fathers, but in war fathers bury their sons.”

- Herodotus, 5^thcentury BC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote source: Herodotus. The Persian Wars. Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, https://www.loebclassics.com/view/herodotus-persian_wars/1920/pb_LCL117.113.xml. Accessed 5 April 2026.

Image source: Fingerhut, Hannah, Konstantin Toropin and Rebecca Boone. “U.S. Soldiers Who Died in the Iran War Remembered for Their Service and Devotion to Their Families.” Los Angeles Times, 4 March 2026, https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-03-04/u-s-soldiers-who-died-in-iran-war-remembered-for-their-service-devotion-to-their-families.

Mailed April 7, 2026 

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

 Dear Representative Stauber,

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.”

- Matthew 5:9

 

Source: The Bible. New International Version, YouVersion, 2026, https://www.bible.com/bible/111MAT.5.NIV. Accessed 31 March 2026.

Mailed April 1, 2026 

War Is Mankind's Most Tragic and Stupid Folly

Dear Representative Stauber, 

"War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men." 

- Dwight Eisenhower, Republican, 1947 

Photograph on postcard: 12 children (of 168) who were killed in U.S. bombing of school in Minab, Iraq on February 28, 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote Source: Eisenhower, Dwight. “Quotes (War).” Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/quotes. Accessed 22 March 2026. 

Image Source: Anadolu Agency. “Iran shares photos of students killed in US-Israeli school attack.” Facebook, 7 March 2026.  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1256742123311468&set=a.189771453341879.  

Mailed March 23, 2026