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.
It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.
Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.
I never again want to see the face of a starving child or hear the weeping of a mother who has lost her son to war. Peace, this is what my husband gave his life for, and I want the world to know that he did not die in vain. Peace, this is what will make me very happy.
Peace is our gift to each other.
A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.
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