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Is it utopian to believe that "peace can make right"? That such sayings, as "Do unto others as they do unto you," and "To each one his (her) due" can actually be followed in a positive way?

In the fifth chapter of the Once and Future King, Merlyn wants to teach Arthur that the point of ruling is to create order and peace, not just to make people do what he wants them to do. Merlyn shows Arthur what a horrible thing "might makes right" is.

The author, T.H. White was a pacifist, and wrote this book during WWII. He uses the Aurthurian story to stress his own belief that violence and aggression are not the answer to life's challenges. Regardless of what government is in place, the importance is the leader and his/her views on what is right and moral. The answer, then, does not lie in a country, but the people who make up that country. The answer lies within all individuals to find a way of ruling in peace.

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Typical of Theodor Geisel, in Dr. Seuss' "Yertle the Turtle" he captures this theme exactly as he describes the fall of Hitler in his own way. Yertle the Turtle was King of the Pond and all those that lived in this pond were content and happy until Yertle decided his kingdom was too small. He demanded that his throne to be higher, so he could overlook the outside world. So, all the fearful turtles began climbing one upon another, higher and higher, until the turtle on the bottom burped and the whole stack fell down. Yertle fell into the mud and from then on was King of the Mud (for that was all he could see), while "all the other turtles, of course... all the turtles are free as turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be." Perhaps, some day, the rulers on top who believe that "might is right" will come tumbling down and all the others….....

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