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The Age of Peace

people which is the basis for violence. If people knew the law
of nature in this regard, they would be able to live in peace
themselves and also give to others the gift of peaceful living.

For example, it was Soviet Russia’s dream to establish
the Communist empire, because of which it also ended up
participating in the Second World War. This was an unrealistic
target for the Communist USSR. Had it opted for the practical
target, communism would have not gone down in history as
a philosophy that advocated the use of violent means to attain
its goal of a classless society.

This principle also applies to those people who have
adopted violence as a method. They have a self-styled goal
in their minds—such as the eradication of oppression or the
establishment of ideal justice. But their own experience shows
that even after making numerous sacrifices over a long period
of time, they have not been able to achieve anything at all.
They have only written a history of destruction. If they gave
up the violent method and adopted the peaceful method, they
would surely be remembered in history as the people who
followed the peaceful course to attain their goals.

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