“To many men… the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.”
— George Steiner
Author: George Steiner
Category: peace
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“Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.”
— Muhammad Yunus
Author: Muhammad Yunus
Category: women
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“As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.”
— Rene Cassin
Author: Rene Cassin
Category: peace
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