Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson OM CC OBE PC PCwas a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier and diplomat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968, as the head of two back-to-back Liberal minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 April 1897
CountryCanada
cannot defend eventually fact instrument since society stark today total war
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war.
war agreement stronger
The best defence of peace is not power, but the removal of the causes of war, and international agreements which will put peace on a stronger foundation, than the terror of destruction.
strong pride past
Whether we live together in confidence and cohesion; with more faith and pride in ourselves and less self-doubt and hesitation; strong in the conviction that the destiny of Canada is to unite, not divide; sharing in cooperation, not in separation or in conflict; respecting our past and welcoming our future.
war men easy
It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.
understanding conflict
Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.
jobs moral ministers
Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the leadership of Napoleon, the magnetism of a Beatle and the subtlety of Machiavelli.
choices extinction individual
The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
war soldier world
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.
confidence self trying
We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.
men important done
As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.
hockey games leafs
This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf.
war important today
Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously.
powerful one-day groups
The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.
peace clever war
The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.