by Susan | Jan 4, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
January 6, 1878 Carl Sandburg “Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.” January 8, 1885 A.J. Muste “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” January 9, 1959 Rigoberta Menchu Tum “Este mundo no va a cambiar a menos que...
by Susan | Dec 28, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
December 28, 1955 Liu Xiaobo “Hatred can rot away at a person’s intelligence and conscience. Enemy mentality will poison the spirit of a nation, incite cruel mortal struggles, destroy a society’s tolerance and humanity, and hinder a nation’s progress toward...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
December 21, 1916 Emma Tenayuca “I was arrested a number of times; I never thought in terms of fear, I thought in terms of justice.” December 21, 1892 Rebecca West “Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would...
by Susan | Dec 14, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
December 15, 1944 Francisco Alves (Chico) Mendes Filho “At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity.” December 16, 1901 Margaret Mead “Never doubt...
by Susan | Dec 7, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
December 11, 1849 Ellen Key “Everything, everything in war is barbaric… But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.” December 11, 1911 Naguib...
by Susan | Nov 30, 2014 | peacemaker birthdays
November 30, 1835 Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) “Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world — and never will. ” November 30, 1934 Shirley Chisholm “The difference between de jure and de facto...
