“Peace did not serve order; order served peace, and when order became godlike, sacrosant and inviolate, then the peace thus won became a prison, and those who sought their freedom became enemies to order, and in the elimination of such enemies, peace was lost.”
Forge of Darkness (2013)
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1930s, Quarantine Speech (1937)
Context: Those who cherish their freedom and recognize and respect the equal right of their neighbors to be free and live in peace must work together for the triumph of law and moral principles in order that peace, justice, and confidence may prevail in the world. There must be a return to a belief in the pledged word, in the value of a signed treaty. There must be recognition of the fact that national morality is as vital as private morality.
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
which the Scriptures call "false peace"
Source: Peace of Soul (1949), Ch. 6, p. 112
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1960s, The American Promise (1965)
“There, all is order and beauty only,
Splendor, peace, and pleasure.”
Charles Baudelaire book Les Fleurs du mal
Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté,<br>Luxe, calme et volupté. <br class="br">"L'Invitation au Voyage" [Invitation to the Voyage] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Invitation_au_voyage_%28Les_Fleurs_du_mal%29 <br class="br">Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
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Source: Girl, Interrupted