Award Quote by Lester B. Pearson

“I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.”

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How can there be peace without people understanding each other; and how can this be if they don't know each other?

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Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf.

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