Guide Note
Peace can be defined positively as a state of harmony and quiet, or it can be defined negatively as an absence of disturbance or conflict such as war. It can also mean as a state of serenity, tranquility, silence and stillness.
Fast Facts
- Has been tied to the idea of justice in the context of society
- Groups dedicated to world peace advocate the ideal of non-violence across the globe
- Democratic Peace Theory holds that democracy promotes peace and discourages war
- Most peaceful countries in 2008 are Iceland, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand and Japan
- Nobel Peace Prize awarded each year to the person who does the most work for peace and the reduction of conflict
Quotes
"The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and errors, its successes and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned." - Dag Hammerskjold
"So we must fix our vision not merely on the negative expulsion of war, but upon the positive affirmation of peace." - Martin Luther King Jr.
"In the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love."
- former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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