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Former Prime Minister of Canada

Lester Bowles Pearson, a former Prime Minister of Canada, was born on April 23, 1897, and died on December 27, 1972. He played a significant role in Canadian politics and international affairs, known for his diplomatic skills and methods of peaceful conflict resolution.

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“Today the predatory state, or the predatory group of states, with power of total destruction, is no more to be tolerated than the predatory individual.”

States Today Individual Groups Destruction Predatory

Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

“Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.”

Thinking Way Doe States Duty Defense Expenses Providing Adequate Provision

Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

“No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary.”

States Seems Energy Wealth Leader Military Design Resources Defense Aggressive Nazi Consumed

Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

“The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.”

States Individual Force Powerful Groups One Day Units Consensus All State

Book:The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

Source: The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: Statements

About the Author

Born: April 23, 1897
Died: December 27, 1972
Known for: Former Prime Minister of Canada
Quotes: 37

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The Four Faces of Peace and the International Outlook: StatementsRelated source material

Mike: the memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. PearsonRelated source material

Peace in the family of manRelated source material

Words and Occasions: An Anthology of Speeches and Articles Selected from His PapersRelated source material

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