On the one hand, we are faced with the stewardship of this beautiful, subtle, incredibly delicate, fragile planet. On the other, we confront the destiny of our fellow man, our brothers. How can we say that we are followers of… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
the wealthy white western minority of the world could not hope to prosper if most of the rest of mankind were foundering in hopeless… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
It is only when people begin to shake loose from their preconceptions, from the ideas that have dominated them, that we begin to receive… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
In the home we make certain distinctions about functions of rooms and corridors; we do not deliver the groceries straight into the baby's crib.… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
Our physical unity has gone far ahead of our moral unity. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
the distinction between rich nations and poor nations is one of the great dominant political and international themes of our century. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all.… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
The modern world is not given to uncritical admiration. It expects its idols to have feet of clay and can be reasonably sure that… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
If a man has lived in a tradition which tells him that nothing can be done about his human condition, to believe that progress… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
Business shouldn't be like sports, separating the men from the women. — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share
