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Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
Recorded Oslo City Hall, The Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2002 source ↗
Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany, 2005–2021; Leader of the Christian Democratic Union 2000–2018
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.
Recorded Tercentenary Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, 30 May 2019 source ↗
Denis Mukwege Gynaecological surgeon; Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 2018
Taking action means saying 'no' to indifference. If there is a war to be waged, it is the war against the indifference which is eating away at our societies.
Recorded Nobel Peace Prize lecture, Oslo City Hall, Nobel Prize Outreach, 10 December 2018 source ↗
Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the United States 1933–1945; United States Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly 1945–1952; Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights 1946–1951
If silence seems to give approval, then remaining silent is cowardly.
Recorded 'If You Ask Me' column, Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, The George Washington University, September 1944 source ↗

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