Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
Interpretation
Peace is both an objective we strive for and a method to achieve that objective.
Martin Luther King, Jr. emphasizes that peace should not just be seen as a far-off aspiration but rather as an essential approach in attaining that aspiration. Through peace, we can effectively work towards achieving the harmony and understanding that we desire in our lives and society.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech promoting non-violence and understanding in communities.
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.
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. _x000D_ _x000D_ Humanity has understood nothing. _x000D_ _x000D_ Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood. _x000D_ _x000D_ The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
When we see so many conflicts multiplying, the only way to allow the international community to be able to address those conflicts, the only way to allow the international community to act boldly, is with unity of the countries of the region, able to serve together and in the same universal principles.
Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.
Another name for peace is development.
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