I believe that hope for the future depends on each of us taking nonviolence into our hearts and minds and developing new and imaginative structures which are nonviolent and life-giving for all. Mairead Corrigan More Quotes by Mairead Corrigan More Quotes From Mairead Corrigan I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family. Mairead Corrigan peace believe way The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war. We need human security: food, education, health care for our children. We don't want to waste it on wars and militarism. That will be our focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism. Mairead Corrigan war children moving In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen. Mairead Corrigan political-will government people To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America. Mairead Corrigan courageous war america I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war. I will continue to speak out for an end to the institution of militarism and war and for institutions built on international law and human rights and nonviolent conflict resolution. Mairead Corrigan speaks-out rights war When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask what we did when the people in Iraq were dying.' Mairead Corrigan iraq children years We need human security: food, education, health care for our children. Mairead Corrigan care children needs That will be my focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism. Mairead Corrigan focus culture moving I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth. Mairead Corrigan courageous telling-the-truth thinking I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice. Mairead Corrigan hopeful injustice palestinian The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war. Mairead Corrigan militarism too-much war We need political leadership that will move the world away from war into solving its problems through dialogue and negotiation, to build friendship with people, which is not what we've had with this war on terror. Mairead Corrigan war people moving The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just want to love their families and get on with their lives. Mairead Corrigan hurt war country Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable. Mairead Corrigan rights law war To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil liberties and human rights and international law and then talking about peace to young people. That's a double standard. Mairead Corrigan law talking war People keep me going. I believe people are wonderful. Mairead Corrigan i-believe believe people I believe passionately in the power of people. Mairead Corrigan i-believe believe people We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are being killed and where human rights and international law are being set aside by America and NATO. Mairead Corrigan law war america I go to places and I see all these people working on peace education and on a culture of nonviolence and non-killing. You look at all these different movements going on: the environment movement, the interfaith movement, the human rights movement, the youth movement, and the arts movement. Mairead Corrigan rights people art I believe in a non-killing future. Mairead Corrigan i-believe killing believe
