Lester B. Pearson

Quotes

• “Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we n...”
• “Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and...”
• “True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear m...”
• “I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, me...”
• “But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject ...”
• “I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Can...”
• “Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions...”
• “Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated...”
• “It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.”
• “As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.”
• “Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.”