Jody Williams quotes

Jody Williams is an American activist best known for her work in banning landmines globally. Her leadership in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines led to the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997. She continues to advocate for human rights and the empowerment of marginalized communities. Here are 15 of her quotes:

For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary' and an ‘extraordinary' person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all. (Jody Williams)
Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change. View quote
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If you really want to make a change, just get up off your ass and do it. View quote
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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 changes this world is taking action. View quote
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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 landmine goes on killing. View quote
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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 solutions to our common problems. View quote
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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 difference between a soldier or a civilian - a woman, a child, a grandmother going out to collect firewood to make the family meal. View quote
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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 Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change. View quote
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What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary. View quote
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Go beyond tolerance to acceptance. View quote
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Emotion without action is irrelevant. (Jody Williams)
Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet. View quote
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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 the fighting. It wasn't until they began to think about the aftermath and the legacy of landmines that they recognized the long-term, indiscriminate impact of the weapon. View quote
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Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years. View quote
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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. View quote
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Jody Williams

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Occupation: American Activist
Born: October 9, 1950
Quotes count: 15

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