50 Quotes by Lester B. Pearson

And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in the science and technology of destruction that a third act in this tragedy of war will result in the peace of extinction.

The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together.

I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations was equaled only by the profit I always secured from them.

Not only did he [Dean Acheson] not suffer fools gladly, he did not suffer them at all.

This fastest of all games [hockey] has become almost as much of a national svmbol as the maple leaf.

We'll jump off that bridge when we come to it.

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the leadership of Napoleon, the magnetism of a Beatle and the subtlety of Machiavelli.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Understanding the nature of conflict leads to peace.