Lester B. Pearson

It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who…

The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the…

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at…

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects…

And I have lived since – as you have – in a period of cold war, during…

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy…

The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace…

I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work…

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not…

The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war…

But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support…

As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but…

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to…

Of all our dreams today there is none more important – or so hard to realise…