"God doesn't start wars. That's the greatest load……" — Betty Williams
"God doesn't start wars. That's the greatest load of nonsense. Mankind starts wars. But then we bless armies to go and kill in God's name. Somebody's got to blow that myth out of the water."
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19 Quotes by Betty Williams
Betty Williams has 19 quotes on this site.
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We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society.
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I'm trying to show by my actions that you can make a far better world if you just care enough.…
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We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful…
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can…
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We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, lives at home, at work and at play to be…
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Governments do not have the answers. Indeed quite the reversal. A lot of times they not only do not have…
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In a world that we know can feed itself, upwards of 40,000 children die very day from conditions of malnutrition.…
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To say that on a daily basis you can make a difference, well, you can. One act of kindness a…
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When all else fails, take a vacation.
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The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.
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Two-point-seven percent unemployment equates to -- everybody who wants to work is working. It equates to full employment.
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There is no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
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The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to…
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however…
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to…
— Kofi Annan
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God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and…
— Jean Anouilh
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Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do…
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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's…
— Barack Obama
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The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to…
— Colman McCarthy
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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal,…
— Sun Tzu
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The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue…
— Sun Tzu
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When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out…
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