Occupation: Activist Birth: January 27, 1944
People have the right to come and choose their own political solutions..
To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down ….
We really can do things in support of each other very, very quickly..
I have always been inspired by the American peace movement because it is operating in a very hard and militarist environment..
In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit….
When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask ….
We need human security: food, education, health care for our children..
The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran..
I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change?.
We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are ….
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 w….
I believe in a non-killing future..
One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people..
Everyday there are people in our world that do absolutely amazing things. People of all ages are very capable of doing tremendous, courageous things ….
We can rejoice and celebrate today because we are living in a miraculous time. Everything is changing and everything is possible..
The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just….
I support this proposal and agree with this great and important initiative to abolish militarism and war. I will continue to speak out for an end to….
We have to start from the fact that there are always alternatives to violence..
I was born into a Catholic family. I grew up in West Belfast. Faith was very important to us eight children and my mother and father. It was grounded….
Love for others and respect for their rights and their human dignity, irrespective of who or what they are, no matter what religion - or none - that ….
To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil liberties and human righ….