peaceful change

collocation in English

meaningsofpeacefulandchange

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peaceful
adjective
uk
/ˈpiːs.fəl/us
/ˈpiːs.fəl/
without ...
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change
noun
uk
/tʃeɪndʒ/us
/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofpeacefulandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On the contrary: most prefer some sort ofpeacefulchange.
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That was surely not our aim when we sought to bringpeacefulchangeand democracy, by majority rule, to that country.
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They were inspired by those events to call for similarpeacefulchangeto democratic plural democracy away from autocratic one-party rule.
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Therefore, machinery forpeacefulchangeis just as necessary as machinery for collective security.
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The battle of ideology must go on and it must be one for freedom, democarcy andpeacefulchange.
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The main principle which must govern one's approach to international affairs is the need to discover a method ofpeacefulchangein human affairs.
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We must keep on driving home the case for dialogue and forpeacefulchange.
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There is another way forward: fundamental butpeacefulchangethrough dialogue.
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I stress here, as we have stressed very often from these benches, the importance ofpeacefulchange.
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Over and over again have we called attention to the need for adjustments andpeacefulchange.
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I am sure that we all believe in the necessity forpeacefulchangein that country.
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There must be some method ofpeacefulchange.
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We must find, in the modern world, some way of bringing aboutpeacefulchange.
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We have no doubt thatpeacefulchangemust start from within but, in the meantime, there is no alternative but to persist with patient diplomacy.
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In the interests ofpeacefulchange, for the present, affirmative action has been downplayed.
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We have, as a result, despite many vicissitudes, enjoyed a long experience of peaceful politics andpeacefulchange.
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An international force without any means ofpeacefulchangecould be a very tyrannous instrument.
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This is a practical problem—the problem of bringing together the three chief elements which must cooperate if there is to be apeacefulchange.
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We would still further be destroying any remaining hope of evolutionarypeacefulchangein that situation.
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