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Dominique Pire [1910-1969] Belgian
Rank: 106
Clergyman


Dominique Pire was a Belgian Dominican friar whose work helping refugees in post-World War II Europe saw him receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1958. On Dec. 11, 1958 Pire delivered his Nobel Lecture entitled "Brotherly Love: Foundation of Peace".


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Of what good would another lecture on peace be? Peace is not something to lecture about, but something to put into practice.
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A loving heart is an inventive one.
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Whether or not one has won the Nobel Prize, each of us living in contact with our fellowmen feels a joint responsibility for all forms of suffering, both physical and moral.
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Through love, we come close to the hearts of our brothers - at the beginning, throughout the course of, and right up to the end of our lives.
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We have to make a bridge of confidence based on natural and elementary morality which corresponds to the natures of man and which would be respected by all men. I may be naive in this, but I think it is better to be naive than skeptical.
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Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
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The unknown winner of an unknown city, located in an unknown country, is Man.
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