Betty Williams Quotes


We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles, and that is going to take a tremendous amount of sheer hard work. The only force which can break down those barriers is the force of love, the force of truth, soul-force.


Citations

Williams, Betty. "Nobel Lecture." NobelPrize.org, Nobel Prize Outreach AB, 11 Dec. 1977.

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Betty Williams
Betty Williams
  • Born: May 22, 1943
  • Died: March 17, 2020
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Activist, Humanitarian

Elizabeth Williams was a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She was a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.