Peace
Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflict and the freedom from fear of violence. Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests of all. In international relations, peacetime is not only the absence of war or violent conflict, but also the presence of positive and respectful cultural and economic relationships.
Read more about Peace.
Some articles on peace:
... The idea behind the formation of a peace organization in the United States dates to the first years of the republic ... In 1783, George Washington called for the adoption of a "proper Peace Establishment." Almost two-hundred years after Washington circulated his vision to the states President Ronald Reagan signed the United States ... Dan Glickman in an effort to form a national peace academy akin to the national military academies ...
... since it might be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace ... An armistice is a modus vivendi and is not the same as a peace treaty, which may take months or even years to agree on ... an armistice which has not been followed by a peace treaty ...
... Although peace is widely perceived as something intangible, various organizations have been making efforts to quantify and measure it ... The Global Peace Index produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace is a known effort to evaluate peacefulness in countries based on 23 indicators of the presence/absence ... Index ranks 158 countries on their internal and external levels of peace ...
... Alluding to the Paris Peace Accords (signed by the Nixon administration) as an undesirable example of compromise that needed to be avoided in the future, Reagan claimed that ... proximity to the rich oil fields of Venezuela and Mexico? Clearly, world peace must be our number one priority ... It is the first task of statecraft to preserve peace so that brave men need not die in battle ...
... were jointly awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in negotiating the Paris Peace Accords ... to accept the award, since there was still no peace agreement ...
More definitions of "peace":
- (noun): The general security of public places.
Example: "He was arrested for disturbing the peace"
Synonyms: public security
- (noun): The absence of mental stress or anxiety.
Synonyms: peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity, heartsease, ataraxis
- (noun): Harmonious relations; freedom from disputes.
Example: "The roommates lived in peace together"
- (noun): The state prevailing during the absence of war.
Famous quotes containing the word peace:
“And God would bid His warfare cease,
Saying all things were well;
And softly make a rosy peace,
A peace of Heaven with Hell.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Democracies are notorious for a tendency to obey the feelings rather than the mind; thus the nature of democracies often makes it difficult to conclude a peace after a hard-won war. Generous victors are rare.”
—Amos Elon (b. 1926)