Peace must be more than the absence of war,

The absence of war is not peace.

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

They have not wanted Peace at all; they have wanted to be spared war -- as though the absence of war was the same as peace.

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.

You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.