Can We Find Peace Without Justice?

Victoria McGee
3 min readFeb 28, 2020

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr

On a recent visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., I was struck by this quote. I stood frozen, reading and re-reading these words. It left me with a question. “Can we find peace where there has been no justice?”

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Victoria McGee

Author of “A Trauma Toolbox, How to Include Your Soul in Healing Trauma.” Victoria writes & creates in Ventura County, California. victoriamcgee.com