A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about progress, moral, day, man
Quotes by Lester B. Pearson
35 quotes by Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson - canadian politician
Life period: 1897 - 1972
And I have lived since as you have in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about opinion, war, destruction, technology, tragedy, science, peace, contentment
As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man out of uniform.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about civilization, circumstances, danger, man, war
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about war, world
As for the promotion of peace congresses we have had our meetings and assemblies, but the promotion through them of the determined and effective will to peace displaying itself in action and policy remains to be achieved.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about politics, peace, meetings, action
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.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about activity, purpose, nation, man
Certainly the idea of an international police force effective against a big disturber of the peace seems today unrealizable to the point of absurdity.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about idea, police, force, peace
During my lifetime greater and more spectacular progress has been made in the physical sciences than in many centuries that preceded it.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about opinion, progress
Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about state, duty, rightness
I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about chance, peace, country, work, people
It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about war, man
It is already difficult to realize that a mere twenty years ago poverty was taken almost for granted over most of the earth's surface.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about poverty, earth
It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about idea, mistake, peace, change, world, people
Nevertheless, defense by power as a first obligation on a state has to be considered in relation to things other than economics.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about relation, state, power, things
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.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about dream, reality, faith, peace, day, world
Our problem, then, so easy to state, so hard to solve, is how to bring about a creative peace and a security which will have a strong foundation.
LQuote by Lester B. Pearson about security, peace, state
