Lester B. Pearson Quotes
We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.
Pearson, Lester B. "The Four Faces of Peace." Les Prix Nobel en 1957, edited by Göran Liljestrand, Imprimerie Royale P.A. Norstedt & Söner, 1958, pp. 219-236.
His recipe for mediating disputes.
At the time of this quotation, he was the President of the America-Mexico Chamger of Commerce and his Mexican members were very anxious or disturbed by the prospect of Donald Trump being sworn in as President. Trump, during his presidential campaign, had courted many of the anti Hispanic voters and organizations, had labeled Mexican immigrants as "criminals" and "rapists", and had promised to build a very high wall accross the Mexican U. S, border and "make the Mexican's pay for it." Zapanta was also under consideration by President Elect Trump as the U. S. Ambassador to Mexico. These words were particualy well and delicately chosen to try and maintain his staning with with Trump and the Mexican leadership.
Lester Bowles Pearson PC OM CC OBE was a Canadian scholar, statesman, soldier, and diplomat, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He was the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968, as the head of two back-to-back Liberal minority governments following elections in 1963 and 1965.
