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> [Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/until-the-last-great-war-a-general-expectation-of-material/)

[Lester B. Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-b-pearson/)

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## More by Lester B. Pearson

> [How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/how-can-there-be-peace-without-people-understanding-each-other-and/)

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> [ Not only did he \[Dean Acheson\] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/not-only-did-he-dean-acheson-not-suffer-fools-gladly-he-did-not/)

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> [But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/but-while-we-all-pray-for-peace-we-do-not-always-as-free-citizens/)

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> [We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/we-are-all-descendants-of-adam-and-we-are-all-products-of-racial/)

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> [The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/the-best-defence-of-peace-is-not-power-but-the-removal-of-the-causes/)

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> [“When you are special to a cat, you are specialindeed. She brings to you the gift of her proference of you, the sight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/when-you-are-special-to-a-cat-you-are-specialindeed-she-brings-to-you/)

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> [Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/understanding-the-nature-of-conflict-leads-to-peace/)

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> [As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/as-for-the-promotion-of-peace-congresses-we-have-had-our-meetings-and/)

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> [The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/the-scientific-and-technological-discoveries-that-have-made-war-so/)

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> [It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/it-would-be-especially-tragic-if-the-people-who-most-cherish-ideals/)

[Lester B. Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lester-b-pearson/)

> [ This fastest of all games \[hockey\] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/this-fastest-of-all-games-hockey-has-become-almost-as-much-of-a/)

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> [We know now that in modern warfare, fought on any considerable scale, there can be no possible economic gain for any side. Win or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/we-know-now-that-in-modern-warfare-fought-on-any-considerable-scale/)

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> [I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/i-cannot-think-of-anything-more-difficult-than-to-say-something-which/)

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> [Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated than the predatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/today-the-predatory-state-or-the-predatory-group-of-states-with-power/)

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> [Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lester-b-pearson/politics-is-the-skilled-use-of-blunt-objects/)

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