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    • The Indivisible Peace We Seek, by Jose V. Abueva

    In unity with our people and all humankind
    We seek a just and enduring peace
    Law and order and mutual tolerance
    At home and around the world.

    We want an end to killing and maiming
    Because of greed or creed, class or tribe,
    Because the poor are weak and the strong aren’t just,
    Or for whatever reason or senselessness.

    But the peace we seek is much more than
    The absence of lethal force and physical violence.
    It is “a nonkilling world” devoid of threats and acts
    To kill, torture, destroy, impoverish, and humiliate.

    It is the tranquil fruit of freedom,
    Social justice and human development
    "Under the rule of law, truth and love" for
    One another, says our Constitution.

    It is a state of society
    Marked by respect and reverence for
    The life and rights of every human being,
    And learning from various religions and cultures.

    It is the positive feeling people have
    About their safety and security
    As individuals and as members
    Of their communities, “local to global.”

    It is the gratifying feeling of being
    In harmony with one's self,
    With fellow men and women and children,
    With nature, and with God.

    And the empowering feeling of
    Solidarity and cooperation with family,
    Neighbor and nation, region
    And humankind.

    With God's grace, this is the peace
    We seek in our time and in the future
    As the caring, sharing and democratic nation
    And world—we hope and want to become.


    Jose V. Abueva is Founding President, Kalayaan College at Riverbanks, Marikina City. Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration and former President, University of the Philippines (1987-1993). Received the TOYM Award (Political Science, 1962); University of the Philippines Distinguished Scholar Award, 1968. Chairman, Aurora Aragon Quezon Peace Foundation and Advisory Committee, Citizen’s Movement for a Federal Philippines. Trustee, Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Foundation for Worldwide People Power and Social Weather Stations. A.B, University of the Philippines; M.P.A and Ph.D., University of Michigan.