John Prendergast Quotes
- I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.
- All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces.
- Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the greatest human rights…
- Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies.
- I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern…
- When I was 19 years old, I hitchhiked across the country to San Francisco.
- I spent a lot of time with President Mandela supporting his efforts in the peace process in Burundi. The thing that impressed me the most…
- Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict…
- Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.
- There is a long and successful tradition of popular movements in the U.S. and elsewhere having an impact on crises in forgotten places.