Occupation: Former President Of Costa Rica Birth: September 13, 1940
Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those wo….
The most deadly disease truly is the failure of the heart..
Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul..
Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions by many people in many countries. It is an attitude, a way of life, a way of solving prob….
How ironic for peacemaking efforts to discover that hatred is stronger for many than love; that the longing to achieve power through military victori….
My country is a country of teachers. It is therefore a country of peace. We discuss our successes and failures in complete freedom. Because our count….
We are calling on countries that supply weapons to comply with certain restrictions: not to sell weapons to human rights abusers, not to sell them to….
The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth..
Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart..
While the armed forces have intervened in the political affairs of every other Central American country over the past fifty years, with disastrous re….
The effect of one good-hearted person is incalculable..
Nuclear arms kill many people all at once, but other weapons kill many people, little by little, every day, everywhere in the world..
Peace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it..
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves..
It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different..
I am constantly challenged by pessimists who insist that military solutions are the only way to go. This was true in the 1980s, and it is true today.….
Hope is the strongest driving force for a people. Hope which brings about change, which produces new realities, is what opens man's road to freedom..
It's clear to me that many weapons sales are very short-sighted. The U.S. and other arms-producing countries sell weapons for a variety of reasons, b….
I cannot accept that to be realistic means to tolerate misery, violence and hate. I do not believe that the hungry man should be treated as subversiv….
The best way to perpetuate poverty is spending on arms, and poverty itself is a form of violence. The wealthy industrialized countries have been too ….
I am not a pacifist, however I do believe that the U.S. tends to resort to force too quickly. I am not referring only to the current administration; ….