Sean MacBride quotes

Sean MacBride was an influential Irish politician, diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. His work focused on human rights, international law, and peace advocacy, playing a leading role in founding Amnesty International. He remains recognized as a key figure in 20th-century global humanitarian efforts. Here are 6 of his quotes:

Churches, by the very reason of their structures, are monolithic and do not adapt easily. But in many cases, they, too, have allowed themselves to become allied or even part of an unjust establishment or system. (Sean MacBride)

It is clear that it is not man who has created the universe - whether you believe in God or in gods or deny any divine presence - man cannot alter the laws that govern the universe without damaging it.

Sean MacBride

It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used.

Sean MacBride

You have a good judicial system in the U.S., as you have learned from the Nixon-Watergate period.

Sean MacBride

The right of an individual to refuse to kill, to torture, or to participate in the preparation for the nuclear destruction of humanity seems to me to be fundamental.

Sean MacBride

Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.

Sean MacBride

Sean MacBride

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Occupation: Irish Politician
Born: January 26, 1904
Died: January 15, 1988
Quotes count: 6

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