Quotes by Lester B. Pearson about Man

Lester B. Pearson Canadian politician

A great gulf, however, has been opened between man's material advance and his social and moral progress, a gulf in which he may one day be lost if it is not closed or narrowed.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man out of uniform.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

True there has been more talk of peace since 1945 than, I should think, at any other time in history. At least we hear more and read more about it because man's words, for good or ill, can now so easily reach the millions.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man

Whatever it is that leads men to fight and suffer, to face mutilation and death, the motive is not now self-interest in any material sense.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about man