Peace
More specifically, it can refer to an absence of violence or war. In this sense, peace between and within national states is a goal of many persons and organisations, notably the United Nations. Peace can be voluntary, where potential agitators choose to abstain from disturbance, or it can be enforced, by suppressing those who might otherwise cause such disturbance.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail that, "True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice."
Henry Timrod, known as The Poet Laureate of the Confederacy wrote passionate poems that caused many young men to enlist in the Confederate Army of the American Civil War. But after seeing for himself the horrors of war, he wrote this poignant prayer for peace:
- Not all the darkness of the land
- Can hide the lifted eye and hand;
- Nor need the clanging conflict cease,
- To make Thee hear our cries for peace.
Related topics
- Peace movement
- American Friends Service Committee
- Peacekeeping
- Peace process
- Peace treaty
- Nonviolence
- Pacifism
- Peace symbol
- Japanese Peace Bell
- World peace
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Satyagraha
- Hospitality services - a peacebuilding idea
- Peace churches
- Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
- List of places named after peace
External links
- Nonviolence.org
- Peace Action (a U.S. organization)