Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker.

Last updated on November 25, 2024.

Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker,, born Philip John Baker, was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959.

British - Politician | November 1, 1889 - October 8, 1982

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Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

In the age when the atom has been split, the moon encircled, diseases conquered, is disarmament so difficult a matter that it must remain a distant dream?

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

War is a damnable, filthy thing and has destroyed civilization after civilization

Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker