Mairead Corrigan Maguire Quotes

The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

The things that divide us in politics are infinitesimal compared with the dignity of our common humanity.

The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

If we learn that we're actually the same, then we can be a grander picture and not be so hateful to each other.

We're all people at the end of the day.

Your enemies are people too, and maybe they don't have to be enemies if they're that much like you.

If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.

What I've learned is that at the end of the day, we are all human. We all have that in common.

Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of us all.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.

We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

We are all trying to make it the best way we know how, so when we look at each other as individuals and nations, we should do so with compassion.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity.

Underneath all the skin, we're all the same.

We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.