Emily Greene Balch
(1867-1961)

American Feminist & Peace Activist
1946 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: January 8
birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts

QUOTES

"Let us be patient with one another,
And even patient with ourselves.
We have a long, long way to go.
So let us hasten along the road,
The road of human tenderness and generosity.
Groping, we may find one another's hands in the dark."

Men have a sense of being subject to the same fate, of being in the same boat. But fear is a poor motive to which to appeal, and I am sure that 'peace people' are on a wrong path when they expatiate on the horrors of a new world war. Fear weakens the nerves and distorts the judgment. It is not by fear that mankind must exorcise the demon of destruction and cruelty, but by motives more reasonable, more humane, and more heroic.

As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.

We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner. We are asked to be patient with necessarily slow and groping advance on the road forward, and to be ready for each step ahead as it becomes practicable. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for hard work, and to cherish large and generous ideals.

 

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