And in China it's all about "mianzi," or saving face by maintaining surface tranquility.
Mr. Locke said "a significant crackdown on dissent" was underway because the Communist leadership is "very concerned about maintaining domestic tranquility and stability".
"Vladimir Putin has proved his adherence to the cause of peace," Komkov said in a letter, according to HuffPost UK. "As the head of one of the leading countries of the world, he has made every effort to maintain peace and tranquility in his own state and has actively contributed to peaceful settlement of any conflicts arising on the planet.
You can work on attracting situations conducive to inner peace, but it's not really much of an accomplishment to maintain some semblance of tranquility in a climate controlled, well decorated, padded room.
An image of the garden accompanies the Frick's mission statement, which reads in part: "To preserve and display for the public the Collection, and to augment its holdings in fields established by Henry Clay Frick, reflecting the uncompromising levels of quality that he embraced, and maintaining the historic tranquility of Mr. Frick's house".
The police chief told her that the authorities wanted to maintain the rule of law, peace, stability and tranquility, and the pro-democracy leader replied "she feels the same way, too," it added.
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When we ask for democracy, all we are asking is that our people should be allowed to live in tranquility under the rule of law, protected by institutions which will guarantee our rights, the rights that will enable us to maintain our human dignity, to heal long festering wounds and to allow love and courage to flourish.
Maintain, maintain, maintain.
The proem to book 2 extols the Epicurean life of detached tranquility, portrayed as maintaining modest and easily satisfied appetites while shunning lofty ambitions and the disquiet these inevitably bring in their wake.
