Weekly Devotion: Peace Through Strength
Si vis bellum para pacem.
The phrase means “If you want peace, prepare for war.”
No, Trump didn’t invent “Peace through strength”. Not even close.
Reagan famously said it, and he was actually quoting Barry Goldwater. But the idea predates them. George Washington and even Napoléon echoed the same sentiment.
Heck, that idea can be traced all the way back to Plato.
This philosophy is employed by most of the superpowers these days. Remember “tough love”? It’s kind of like that. The idea that discipline creates peace—through consequences. Sometimes it works.