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What does it mean?
Violence cannot create peace; it only destroys.
In plain terms
You can't bomb your way to peace.
What can you take from it?
Peace requires building, not destroying.

Where it applies

  • conflict zones
  • peacebuilding

Putting it to work

  • build peace
  • reject violence

Questions to consider

  • How is peace made?
  • Can violence solve anything?

Another view

Force sometimes stops aggression temporarily.

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