Betty Williams

Peace in the world is everybody's business, no matter where you live or what you do. ”

I don't think I'm yet peaceful because I have to struggle every day within myself when I see the suffering of the people of the world, the women and the children. And fury sets in. But I have to transform that and take it out and do something positive with it - but I have to do that sometimes minute to minute. ”

I can assure you I'm quite sane and have proof that dialog 'works.' ”

Turmoil is everywhere, and the whole world is waiting for solutions to come from the top down. That's not how it works - community change from the bottom up makes a real difference. ”

Governments do not have the answers - indeed, quite the reversal. A lot of times, they not only do not have the answers, but they themselves are the problem. If we are committed to helping our world's children, then we must begin to create solutions from the bottom up. ”

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world. ”

War has traditionally been a man's work, although we know that often women were the cause of violence. ”