Before a society can be considered well-ordered, creative, and consonant with human dignity, it must be based on truth…Human society…demands that men be guided by justice, respect the rights of others and do their duty. It demands, too, that they be animated by such love as will make them feel the needs of others as their own, and induce them to share their goods with others, and to strive in the world to make all men alike heirs to the noblest of intellectual and spiritual values. Nor is this enough; for human society thrives on freedom, namely, on the use of means which are consistent with the dignity of its individual members, who, being endowed with reason, assume responsibility for their own actions.
Pope John XXIII Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth") On establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity, and liberty.
Truth
Peace cannot be built on a lie, nor on denial.
Truth and reconciliation commissions
The hypocrisy of nations
Justice
There can be no peace without justice, and there can be no justice without peace—MLK
No justice, no peace—BLM
If you want peace, work for justice— Pope Paul VI
Love
Peace is not compatible with hatred. Peace depends on love and a real care for the flourishing of others
Liberty
Without freedom there is no peace because freedom is inherent to our nature
How have people down the ages risen up against oppression?
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