Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars has all too often been landmines - to such a degree that what we find today are tens… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
It's sort of easy to make a challenge. It's very hard to put the full fate of your government behind the challenge and make… — Jody Williams Copy Share
I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes… — Jody Williams Copy Share
When I was a kid I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I did know what I didn't… — Jody Williams Copy Share
The landmine cannot tell the difference between a soldier or a civilian - a woman, a child, a grandmother going out to collect firewood… — Jody Williams Copy Share
For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to… — Jody Williams Copy Share
What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary. — Jody Williams Copy Share
Landmines are different from other conventional weapons. When a war is over, the landmines stay in the ground and continue to kill - for… — Jody Williams Copy Share
This victory is in large part due to the Internet... For the first time, a coalition of NGOs has had an influence on the… — Jody Williams Copy Share
What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources… — Jody Williams Copy Share
I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela… — Jody Williams Copy Share
Even soldiers from the Vietnam War had said that when they were fighting in that war, the landmine was just one of any number… — Jody Williams Copy Share
Landmines distinguish themselves because once they have been sown, once the soldier walks away from the weapon, the landmine cannot tell the difference between… — Jody Williams Copy Share
Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet. — Jody Williams Copy Share
By the late 1980s, there was the beginning of awareness about a significant global landmine problem, and small steps were being taken to try… — Jody Williams Copy Share
