Lester B. Pearson

“The grim fact is that we prepare for war like giants and for peace like pygmies.”

“The destiny of Canada is with America, but not in America.”

“The United Nations is not a world government, but it is the one hope for a world government.”

“Let us not be afraid to be a little different from our neighbours.”

“My own government is associated with the cause of peace in a very special way.”

“There can be no peace in the world until there is peace in the hearts of men.”

“The grim fact is that we prepare for war like giants and for peace like pygmies.”

“We have a great country, a country with a great future. But we can't take it for granted.”

“How can there be peace without people understanding each other, and how can this be if they don't know each other?”

“We must guard against the oversimplification of issues, the search for scapegoats, and the temptation to indulge in sterile recriminations.”

“As a Canadian, I am proud of the fact that our country has been a leader in the search for peace and security in the world.”

“Of all our dreams today, there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world.”

“There is no greater responsibility on a man than to be entrusted with the leadership of his fellow men.”

“How can there be peace without people understanding each other, and how can this be if they don't know each other?”

“The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.”

“We must seek, in our time, a world of peace, a world of justice, a world of freedom.”

“This is the flag of the future, but it does not dishonor the past.”

“This is the flag of the future, but it does not dishonor the past.”

“We must keep the peace, if we are not to be destroyed by war.”

“Foreign policy is domestic policy with its hat on.”