Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.
Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.
A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
For development, peace is essential.
The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence.
Social peace requires reciprocity.
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.
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