Heroes for a Culture of Peace

Mairead Corrigan Maguire
(1944-)

Irish Peace Advocate
1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

1990 Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's Peace Leadership Award

birthdate: January 27
birthplace:
Belfast, Northern Ireland

QUOTES

"If we want to reap the harvest of peace and justice in the future, we will have to sow seeds of nonviolence, here and now, in the present."

We have really got to create a culture in our world today where we recognize that every human life is sacred and precious and we have no right to take another human life.

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. Some people will argue that this is too idealistic. I believe it is very realistic. I am convinced that humanity is fast evolving to this higher consciousness. For those who say it cannot be done, let us remember that humanity learned to abolish slavery. Our task now is no less than the abolition of violence and war .... We can rejoice and celebrate today because we are living in a miraculous time. Everything is changing and everything is possible.

 


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