Been Quote by Lester B. Pearson Download Open image “It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.” — Lester B. Pearson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Been Easy Governments Man Politics Rulers Too easy War
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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? — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
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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… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
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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… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
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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… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
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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… — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
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