I think there’s a mythology that if you want to ...

I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.

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Jody Williams

What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.

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Jody Williams

Go beyond tolerance to acceptance.

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Jody Williams

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

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Jody Williams

Emotion without action is irrelevant.

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Jody Williams

We really are at the crossroads and [disarmament] will happen if people of goodwill all over the world raise their voices and take action to let the governments of the world know that’s what they want.

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Jody Williams

I think there’s a mythology ...

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