Theme
A main theme of the song is criticism of Cold War MAD ("crazy") policy with "Millions of people living as foes", but offering a message of hope for a future where love surpasses hate ("Maybe it's not too late, To learn how to love, And forget how to hate").
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Famous quotes containing the word theme:
“And God-appointed Berkeley that proved all things a dream,
That this pragmatical, preposterous pig of a world, its farrow that so solid seem,
Must vanish on the instant if the mind but change its theme ...”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“... passion for survival is the great theme of women’s poetry.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“One theme links together these new proposals for family policy—the idea that the family is exceedingly durable. Changes in structure and function and individual roles are not to be confused with the collapse of the family. Families remain more important in the lives of children than other institutions. Family ties are stronger and more vital than many of us imagine in the perennial atmosphere of crisis surrounding the subject.”
—Joseph Featherstone (20th century)