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.
Peace is freedom in tranquility.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.
My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel's neighbours.
I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.
I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.
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