by Susan | Aug 16, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
August 16, 1911 EF Schumacher “Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.” August 18, 1900 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit “The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.” August 20, 1886 Paul Tillich...
by Susan | Aug 9, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
August 11, 1833 Robert Green Ingersoll “Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.” August 12, 1948 Sue Monk Kidd “There’s a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of ‘soul...
by Susan | Aug 2, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
August 3, 1940 Martin Sheen (Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez) “I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.” August 5, 1934 Wendell Berry...
by Susan | Jul 26, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
July 28, 1902 Karl Popper “We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.” July 30, 1881 Smedley Butler “War is a racket. It always has been… A few profit—and the many pay. But there is a way to...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
July 19, 1916 Eve Merriam I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?” July 21, 1911 Marshall McLuhan “There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” July 24, 1920 Bella Abzug “Our struggle today...
by Susan | Jul 12, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
July 12, 1817 Henry David Thoreau “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” July 12, 1895 Buckminster Fuller “We are...
