Forgive, Love, Unite: 50th Anniversary

November 30 marks the 49th anniversary since True Father’s “Forgive, Love, Unite” statement was published by numerous newspapers in the wake of the Watergate scandal in 1973. True Father’s statement fervently called upon Americans to unite together around the Christian spirit. 

The statement, in support of then U.S. President Richard Nixon, aimed at the American conscience and was published in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among many other publications. Referring to the Watergate scandal as “a day of dismay and moral crisis,” True Father said it was also “a great opportunity for America, an opportunity in which the American people can demonstrate America's true greatness in faith and courage.”

In his timeless speech, True Father also noted honoring the nation’s official motto, ‘In God We Trust.’ “In these four words lie America's key to survival and prosperity,” he said. “America must live the Will of God, and God's command at this crossroads in American history is Forgive, Love, and Unite!”

On this milestone anniversary, a half century later, let’s remember True Father’s prophetic words of wisdom: “This is the time the American people must act as a great people who put trust in God. Then this day will be a day of new hope and unification.”

You can read True Father’s full “Forgive, Love, Unite” statement here.