But he held his peace, maintaining partnership harmony.
But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.
It saw fierce fighting in the 1973 war but for 40 years watched over a quiet front, the peace maintained by Hafez al-Assad.
In her capacity as Sultana, Radiyya established peace, maintained order, encouraged trade, built roads, planted trees, dug wells, supported poets, painters and musicians and constructed schools and libraries.
The relative peace maintained by the empire during much of the 17th century was a factor in India's economic expansion, resulting in greater patronage of painting, literary forms, textiles, and architecture.
Nzanga Mobutu has claimed: "People here think of President Mobutu as a man of peace who maintained peace and unity, and you know how important unity is for the Congolese".
Or by illuminating the peace within us which is, of course, the most difficult peace to maintain or even find?
The ceremony ended with speeches to the visitors on the need to keep the peace and maintain the rice fields.
It's a surefire way to keep the peace and maintain your friendships, as opposed ot bickering with each other.
But the peace was maintained.
The Israelis wanted peace, while maintaining underlying control of the Palestinians.
