The community of saints can be realized even in the midst of war and persecution. Martyrdom puts its seal on a peace with God which is beyond all politics. A bruised reed shall he not break, nor quench a smoldering wick. The reality of history is governed by either force or law, two areas equally foreign to the logic of holiness. Law is coercive and uses force.
Law is politics.
Peace seen as an absence of war belongs to the realm of political reflection and ethics, and is also an offshoot of a humanistic civilization. The politician seeks this kind of peace. And here and there he will achieve it. But he is enough of a realist to understand that the total disarmament of mankind is unthinkable, and that the war industry remains indispensable to the very fabric of the Great Powers. We need not dwell on that source of evil, both individual and collective, which is fear.