In the same year as Elie Wiesel, ol' Ronnie Reagan also gave a speech about the necessity of peace in the world.

But, you probably figured that, given the speaker, it was pretty different.

For one thing, the past for Reagan doesn't pose any problems. There were no lessons that went unheeded, no suffering that went ignored. There were just heroes who fought against troubles and won. To Reagan, peace wasn't won by reflection, but by strength and flexing that strength abroad. Wiesel and Reagan both yearn for peace in the world, but their worldviews are very different things entirely.