Latest Mairead Corrigan Quotes from Interviews

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• The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war. We need human security: food, education, health care for our children. We don't want to waste it on wars and militarism. That will be our focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Children, War, Moving

  Source: progressive.org

• I believe in a non-killing future.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Believe, I Believe, Killing

  Source: www.progressive.org

• Once we link up and network, there will be new institutions, new beginnings, and a change in the economy because capitalism is destroying many people's lives. It's just one leap to think in a different way.

  Mairead Corrigan

  New Beginnings, Thinking, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

• I go to places and I see all these people working on peace education and on a culture of nonviolence and non-killing. You look at all these different movements going on: the environment movement, the interfaith movement, the human rights movement, the youth movement, and the arts movement.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Art, Rights, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

• I believe passionately in the power of people.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Believe, People, I Believe

  Source: www.progressive.org

• People keep me going. I believe people are wonderful.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Believe, People, I Believe

  Source: www.progressive.org

• The vast majority of people have never hurt anybody in their lives, don't want killing, don't want wars. In all the countries of the world, they just want to love their families and get on with their lives.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Country, Hurt, War

  Source: www.progressive.org

• To me the Nobel Peace laureates should not be hosted by a State Department that is continuing with war, removing basic civil liberties and human rights and international law and then talking about peace to young people. That's a double standard.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, Talking, Law

  Source: www.progressive.org

• Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, Law, Rights

  Source: www.progressive.org

• We need political leadership that will move the world away from war into solving its problems through dialogue and negotiation, to build friendship with people, which is not what we've had with this war on terror.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, Moving, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

• President Obama continues to support war. He continues to remove many basic civil liberties and human rights. He continues to condone drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan that kill women and children. He meets with his advisers every Tuesday morning and signs extrajudicial killings. To me, those are not the actions of a peace person.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Morning, Children, War

  Source: www.progressive.org

• Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in defense of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. We owe them a lot for telling us the truth of what is happening in our world, and that is why I would continue to support them.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Believe, Media, Rights

  Source: www.progressive.org

• The fact is that the American government and NATO have destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan. Their next targets will be Syria and Iran.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Iraq, Government, Iran

  Source: www.progressive.org

• We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more abuse of human rights where a lot of civilians are being killed and where human rights and international law are being set aside by America and NATO.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, Law, America

  Source: www.progressive.org

• I think Assange has been very courageous. I've also defended Bradley Manning. I think they've been tremendously courageous in telling the truth, and the public has the right to the truth.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Thinking, Courageous, Telling The Truth

  Source: www.progressive.org

• That will be my focus: building a culture that moves away from militarism.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Moving, Focus, Culture

  Source: www.progressive.org

• We need human security: food, education, health care for our children.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Children, Needs, Care

  Source: www.progressive.org

• The experience of a lot of us women is that too much money is being spent on militarism and war.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, Too Much, Militarism

  Source: www.progressive.org

• We really can do things in support of each other very, very quickly.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Support, Can Do

  Source: www.progressive.org

• As a person committed to human rights and international law and the right of self-determination, I would like to see the occupation end. And then it is up to the Palestinians themselves to decide what they want.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Determination, Rights, Self

  Source: www.progressive.org

• People have the right to come and choose their own political solutions.

  Mairead Corrigan

  People, Political, Solutions

  Source: www.progressive.org

• It's not for me to say from the outside what the Palestinian people should have. That would be very arrogant.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Should Have, People, Would Be

  Source: www.progressive.org

• There is no political will for peace in the Israeli government. They're not serious about political peace because they're still building settlements and demolishing Palestinian homes. That is a great tragedy.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Home, Government, Political Will

  Source: www.progressive.org

• In Northern Ireland, people said there would never be a solution. But once people begin to have the political will and force their governments to sit down, it can happen.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Government, Political Will, People

  Source: www.progressive.org

• I am very hopeful that there is a solution to the Israeli/Palestinian injustice.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Hopeful, Injustice, Palestinian

  Source: www.progressive.org