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Pacifism covers a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the ...
Mary Shapard (c. 1882–1950s) – American author and peace activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; she was reportedly the first American to advocate for the formation of a "league of nations" during World War I and was also reportedly the source of the original text used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to draft his Covenant of ...
11. "Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk." 12. "That’s the history of the world. His story is told, hers isn’t." 13. "If we can just convince other people to get ...
For instance, in her essay "The Roots of War", Ayn Rand held that the major wars of history were started by the more controlled economies of the time against the freer ones and that capitalism gave mankind the longest period of peace in history—a period during which there were no wars involving the entire civilized world—from the end of the ...
The distinct theory was later developed by A. J. P. Taylor in The Trouble-Makers (1957) [7] and was subsequently defined by Ceadel in his 1987 book, Thinking About Peace and War. [8] [9] It was also discussed in detail in Richard Norman's book, Ethics, Killing and War. The concept came to mean "the advocacy of a peaceful policy." [10]
Peace By Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization (1996) Johan uten land. På fredsveien gjennom verden (Johan without land. On the Peace Path Through the World, 2000, autobiography for which he won the Brage Prize) 50 Years: 100 Peace and Conflict Perspectives (2008) Democracy – Peace – Development (2008, with Paul ...
peace and the good: Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean 'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian as pace e bene. pax et justitia: peace and justice: Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: pax et lux: peace and light
Peace for our time" was a declaration made by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in his 30 September 1938 remarks in London concerning the Munich Agreement and the subsequent Anglo-German Declaration. [1]