[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           THE POWER OF PEACE

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, on this day when around the world we 
celebrate the transformative power of love, it is also appropriate for 
us to think about a world as one, that the world, in fact, is 
interdependent, interconnected; and if we can have this realization of 
the power of love, then we can also have a realization of the power of 
peace.
  Peace is not simply the absence of war. It is an active presence of 
an understanding of the capacity that we have to relate to each other 
in a way which is not only nonviolent but which is loving.
  So on this day when we think about love, let us also think about 
peace. Let us think about peaceful relations at home and peaceful 
relations with people around the world.

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