Betty Williams
Betty Williams
Betty Williamsin the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, is a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth22 May 1943
CountryIreland
strong weapons nonviolence
Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.
problem talking unless
There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.
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I feel a women's role has got to be a gentle role and perhaps if we can do it correctly, the men would like to follow us, or walk beside us. Not to follow -- but walk beside.
empty talk
Let's have no empty talk from this assembly, let's get something done.
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It's gonna be a great thing. They do wonderful work helping people. We'll have a lot of celebrating to do when they make it.
except normally
That could've been disastrous. Normally they would be in that classroom, except today.
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They kept telling us they needed office supplies, so we just started doing that instead. Over the years, we stopped doing the repairs at all.
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We have 2,290 more people in the work force this March than we did a year ago.
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I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.
answers begin bottom committed helping quite themselves
Governments do not have the answers - indeed, quite the reversal. A lot of times, they not only do not have the answers, but they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.
arms
I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.
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Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference.
assure dialog
I can assure you I'm quite sane and have proof that dialog 'works.'
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John Irwin became one of the greatest peace workers in Northern Ireland.