John Mott Quotes
Among the qualities most needed among those who aspire to true leadership in the fostering of peace and goodwill among the nations and in overcoming racial and religious antagonism is the cooperative spirit and objective.
Mott, John R. "The Leadership Demanded in This Momentous Time." 13 Dec. 1946, University of Oslo, Oslo. Les Prix Nobel en 1946, Norstedt & Söner, 1948.
MacArthur wanted to widen the Korean war and use nuclear weapons against Communist China, after erroneously assuring Truman and other American leaders that his tactics in North Korea would not cause Chinese troops to enter the war. MacArthur would not obey the orders of the civilian government and was thus fired.
John Raleigh Mott was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a lifelong honorary President. His best-known book, The Evangelization of the World in this Generation, became a missionary slogan in the early 20th century.
