Martin Luther King Jr.'s Use Of Words To Gain Peace

Peace can be achieved by understanding, and does not have to be fixed with violence. Some of the most famous peacemakers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi, obtained peace without using violence. Words can do a lot to achieve tranquility. Understanding the other side's view can be the only thing you have to do to resolve a problem, and achieve peace. Also, obtaining peace through violence isn't really peace. First, words can do a lot to obtain peace, more than war and violence can ever do. Let's look at Martin Luther King Jr. for example. His "I have a Dream" speech alone, brought about monumental results for obtaining equality between blacks and whites. He did not kill a single person on his quest for peace. Gandhi, as another example, achieved what he wanted through not war, death, and destruction, but rather through understanding and easy oral force. These people are known and loved for doing something good for the world. I hate to bring Hitler into the essay, but he is responsible for the death of 5.1–6.0 million Jews, including 3.0–3.5 million Polish Jews, 1.8 –1.9 million non-Jewish Poles …show more content…
That temporary calmness that it brings about is not going to last. Let's look at a city in ancient China, Nanzho. In 1544, the emperor of their neighboring land, Nanyang, assassinated all of Nanzho's sheepsmen for letting their sheep graze on his land. That had been going on for quite some time, and after various warnings he ordered all of them to be killed. This sparked up a civil war, fighting for that land for their sheep to graze in. Statistics say that 2/3 of the population died in the city of Nanzo. This civil war ended all wars, but only for around 50 years, then in 1601, the city of Nanzo was totally wiped out when, again, the same war for grazing land sparked again. A whole city was wiped out simply because one city did not listen and understand to the other side's