The best means to achieve peace There are several means which peace can be achieved. According to Niccolo Machiavelli, "The end justifies the means no matter the cruel means to achieve them" (35). He believed that it is right to use cruel or violent means to attain peace. His ideas are quite different from those of Martin Luther King who said, "The means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek" (198). King believed …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…be achieved by violence or counter-violence. Presently, our world needs peace. America may fail to achieve its aim in Afghanistan because of its counter violence against terrorists wherever they may be worldwide. Violence is not a worthy goal to pursue in our modern society. The right means to achieve peace and nonviolent means to achieve freedom and justice for their people, so why don't we learn from them and keep our generation rolling in peace?