We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that peace is a harmonious state that is far better than the chaos of war.
Martin Luther King, Jr. highlights the idea that peace is not just the absence of conflict but a beautiful and harmonious state of existence. He compares peace to a 'sweeter music' or 'cosmic melody,' suggesting that it has an intrinsic value and richness that transcends the turmoil and discord of war, which can be seen as a chaotic noise. This representation of peace encourages people to seek and appreciate harmonious living instead of resorting to violence and discord.
In practice
This quote can be used during a peace rally to emphasize the beauty of harmony over conflict.
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
Peace must begin within self before there can come action or self application in a way to bring peace-even in thine own household, in thine own vicinity, in thine own state or nation.
World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government.
To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
Peace doesn't mean that you will not have problems. Peace means that your problems will not have you.
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