Betty Williams
Betty Williams
Betty Williamsin the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, is a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth22 May 1943
CountryIreland
answers begin bottom committed helping quite themselves
Governments do not have the answers - indeed, quite the reversal. A lot of times, they not only do not have the answers, but they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up.
form great men sexism sexist
I'm not sexist in any way - sexism is another form of violence, and there are many great men in this world.
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Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do.
I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.
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We have 2,290 more people in the work force this March than we did a year ago.
problem talking unless
There's no use talking about the problem unless you talk about the solution.
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It's gonna be a great thing. They do wonderful work helping people. We'll have a lot of celebrating to do when they make it.
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They kept telling us they needed office supplies, so we just started doing that instead. Over the years, we stopped doing the repairs at all.
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I feel a women's role has got to be a gentle role and perhaps if we can do it correctly, the men would like to follow us, or walk beside us. Not to follow -- but walk beside.
empty talk
Let's have no empty talk from this assembly, let's get something done.
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That could've been disastrous. Normally they would be in that classroom, except today.