'This is a day we should treasure - a day when agreement and accommodation have replaced days of difference and division.' (April 11, 1998 - the day the Good Friday Agreement was signed)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker celebrates a peace agreement that ended division and fostered unity.
- In plain terms
- He marks the day peace replaced fighting and division.
- What can you take from it?
- Peace agreements require effort to turn division into agreement.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes peace last?
- How do we celebrate unity?
Another view
Peace deals often remain fragile even after signing.
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