World peace, like community peace, does not require that each man love his neighbor - it requires only that they live together with mutual tolerance, submitting their disputes to a just and peaceful settlement.
Interpretation
World peace hinges on mutual tolerance rather than love, focusing on just and peaceful resolutions to disputes.
In this quote, John F. Kennedy emphasizes that achieving world peace does not necessitate that everyone loves one another; instead, it is essential for individuals to coexist with mutual tolerance. The essence of peace is found in the ability to resolve conflicts fairly and without violence, highlighting the importance of understanding and collaboration among diverse communities.
In practice
This quote can be used to promote dialogue in a community meeting focused on conflict resolution.
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I had always enjoyed the title of Commander-in-Chief until I was informed ... that the only forces that cannot be transferred from Washington without my express permission are the members of the Marine Corps Band. Those are the only forces I have. I want it announced that we propose to hold the White House against all odds at least for some time to come.
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One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat
Conflicts are multiplying - people are suffering. But we don't give up, because we know every man, woman, and child deserves a life of peace.
World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.
The more we elevate people's lives - the more we treat people with dignity and respect and honor their rights and freedoms - the more we discourageand even preventterrorism.
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