Kurt Waldheim - from the Voyager Golden Record
Kurt Waldheim
As the Secretary General of the United Nations, an organisation of one hundred and forty seven member states who represent almost all of the human inhabitants of the planet Earth, I send greetings on behalf of the people of our planet. We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship – to teach, if we are called upon; to be taught, if we are fortunate.
—General Kurt Waldheim
—as recorded on the Voyager Golden Record (1977)
—Newsletter #676 - sent January 23, 2020
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