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."

See also

• Peace process
• Peace treaty
• Nonviolence
• Pacifism
• Nobel Peace Prize
• American Friends Service Committee
• Peace symbol
• Japanese Peace Bell
• Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
• World peace
• List of places named after peace

External Links

• Nonviolence.org
• Peace Action (a U.S. organization)

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