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Mairead Corrigan, born on January 27, 1944, is an Irish activist known for her peace efforts in the Northern Ireland conflict, particularly for founding the peace group 'Peace People'.

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Famous Mairead Corrigan Quotes

“We need radical thinking, creative ideas, and imagination.”

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Author:Mairead Corrigan

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

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“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.”

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“...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of all humanity - that we neeed to renew this ancient wisdom of nonviolence, to strive for a disarmed world, and to create a culture of nonviolence.”

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“To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to the community level. One of the greatest blocks to movement is fear. This fear can only be removed when people feel their voices are being heard by government and when they have a say in their own lives and communities.”

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Book:The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland

Source: The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland

“We need now to build a culture of genuine nonviolence and real democracy.”

Needs Real Culture Democracy Nonviolence

Author:Mairead Corrigan

About the Author

Born: January 27, 1944
Known for: Activist
Quotes: 53

Books & Sources

The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern IrelandRelated source material

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