41 Quotes by Jody Williams

It does not mean that there are not major countries that have not stayed outside the treaty, including our own -- the United States. But we believe that we will eventually get every nation in the world on board ... because we keep monitoring their activities ... and we keep the pressure on them every day.

Most likely the coat was sold for milk or bread or helped a neighbor,

We are moving in the right direction. It does not mean we don't have great challenges before us.

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.

I've repeatedly said that Bill Clinton is neither a leader nor a statesman and I'll say it again, ... I hope this prize will help change his mind.

Although we are making great strides in our work to rid the world of this weapon, we need to do more.

The rest of the world did not go away because New York was attacked. There are many many problems in the world we need to address, not just that one.

The rest of the time is up to the rest of us,

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.