The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.
Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
The idea that if people are just friendly and demonstrate they want peace, that will be answered with good will - that is really naive.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
Respect for the rights of others means peace.
The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.
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