Lester B. Pearson Professions : Former Prime Minister of Canada Born : April 23, 1897 Died : December 27, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 41 quotes by Lester B. Pearson If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers, we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats, we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they impoverish the entire nation, we put them on the cover of Fortune magazine and pretend that they are role models. Lester B. Pearson cat crazy money 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 understanding knows people 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. Lester B. Pearson stronger agreement war Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality. Lester B. Pearson important dream reality Under this flag may our youth find new inspiration for loyalty to Canada; for a patriotism based not on any mean or narrow nationalism, but on the deep and equal pride that all Canadians will feel for every part of this good land. Lester B. Pearson loyalty inspiration mean 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. Lester B. Pearson strong pride past The only failures are those who fail to try. Lester B. Pearson failing trying As we enter our centennial year we are still a young nation, very much in the formative stages. Our national condition is still flexible enough that we can make almost anything we wish of our nation. No other country is in a better position than Canada to go ahead with the evolution of a national purpose devoted to all that is good and noble and excellent in the human spirit. Lester B. Pearson wish country years 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. Lester B. Pearson prime moral jobs The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction. Lester B. Pearson extinction choices peace 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. Lester B. Pearson confidence self trying Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace. Lester B. Pearson conflict understanding We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation. Lester B. Pearson miscegenation descendants adam It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Lester B. Pearson easy men war Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way. Lester B. Pearson political work way Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously. Lester B. Pearson important today war When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. Lester B. Pearson cat sight hands 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. Lester B. Pearson important purpose men This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf. Lester B. Pearson leafs hockey games We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it. Lester B. Pearson bridges life Similar Authors Brian Mulroney former-prime-minister-of-canada Charles Tupper former-prime-minister-of-canada Louis St. Laurent former-prime-minister-of-canada Kim Campbell former-prime-minister-of-canada John Diefenbaker former-prime-minister-of-canada John Turner former-prime-minister-of-canada All Authors
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