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12 quotes by Jody Williams

Jody Williams Williams in May 2010. Born (1950-10-09) October 9, 1950 (age 64) Brattleboro, Vermont, United States Nationality United States Education University of Vermont School for International Training Johns Hopkins University Known for 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams (born 1950) is an American political activist known around the world for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights –...
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Even soldiers from the Vietnam War had said that when they were fighting in that war, the landmine was just one of any number of weapons to use in... →

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I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that... →

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Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.

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Landmines distinguish themselves because once they have been sown, once the soldier walks away from the weapon, the landmine cannot tell the... →

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I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop... →

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The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the 'eternal sentry.' The war ends, the... →

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I believe in both my right and my responsibility to work to create a world that doesn't glorify violence and war but where we seek different... →

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Landmines are different from other conventional weapons. When a war is over, the landmines stay in the ground and continue to kill - for decades.

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By the late 1980s, there was the beginning of awareness about a significant global landmine problem, and small steps were being taken to try to deal... →

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For me, the difference between an 'ordinary' and an 'extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do... →

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Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars has all too often been... →

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When I was a kid I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I did know what I didn't want to do. I didn't want to grow up... →

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