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Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.
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Peace here means more than the end of armed conflict. It also requires stopping oppression and injustice, so people are not harmed or treated unfairly in everyday life. A society may be free from war yet still lack true peace if abuse and unfairness continue.
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- NobelPrize.org — Tawakkol Karman’s Nobel Lecture
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