make peace not war
MAYK PEES not WOR
meɪk piːs nɒt wɔːrListen
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a slogan of the 1960s–1970s counterculture and antiwar movement, a transformation of the then-ubiquitous phrase make love not war that shifts the emphasis from sexual liberation to political reconciliation; the phrase frames peace as an active creation — something made through effort, choice, and construction — rather than merely the passive absence of war; it implies that war is also made, the product of human decisions, and therefore that humans can choose to make something different; in contemporary usage the phrase retains its antiwar resonance and is applied in interpersonal as well as geopolitical contexts to advocate for conflict resolution over escalation, negotiation over aggression, and diplomacy over force
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