56 Quotes by Betty Williams

I can assure you I'm quite sane and have proof that dialog 'works.'

John Irwin became one of the greatest peace workers in Northern Ireland.

Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it's working well.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded for what one has done, but hopefully what one will do.

The thing that started the peace movement in Ireland was anger - my anger. It wasn't anger; it was fury.

The voice of women has a special role and a special soul force in the struggle for a nonviolent world.

War has traditionally been a man's work, although we know that often women were the cause of violence.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

I don't think I'm yet peaceful because I have to struggle every day within myself when I see the suffering of the people of the world, the women and the children. And fury sets in. But I have to transform that and take it out and do something positive with it - but I have to do that sometimes minute to minute.