Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Silvia Cartwright

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a New Zealander statesman Silvia Cartwright.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Silvia Cartwright

Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th Governor-General of New Zealand, from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office, after Dame Catherine Tizard.

If we are genuinely committed to promoting a culture of peace, as individuals we must look to our values and ensure that we all exhibit a peace loving life to our nation's children.
The quest for peace begins in the home, in the school and in the workplace.
The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.
We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world. — © Silvia Cartwright
We in the west are seen as godless, as greedy and as uncaring about the suffering of those in the developing world.
We can survive as a population only if we conserve, develop sustainably, and protect the world's resources.
Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.
We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels.
There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends.
The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries.
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