Lester Bowles Pearson Quotes - Famous Quotes by Lester Bowles Pearson
Born: 1897-04-23
Died: 1972-12-27
Lester Bowles Pearson Biography
But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which do not. We want our own kind of peace, brought about in our own way.
- Lester Bowles Pearson
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I accept now with equanimity the question so constantly addressed to me, 'Are you an American' and merely return the accurate answer, 'Yes, I am a Canadian.'
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Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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The fact is that we prepare for war like giants, and for peace like pygmies.
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This is the flag of the future, but it does not dishonor the past. (On his country's new Maple Leaf flag)
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We have achieved the most amazing things, a few million people opening up half a continent. But we have not yet found a Canadian soul except in time of war. (On lack of national identity)
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