Sydney Peace Prize

...a lifetime's work devoted to human rights, peace, justice and equality

…despots fear nothing more than a free and politically active woman.

Every human being has the right to walk through this life with their full humanity in tact. Part of the work of the Me Too movement is the restoration of that humanity.

Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where Black people are free to exist, free to live, and a tool for our allies to show up for us.

I’d rather send an army of musicians, artists, painters and communicators, than battalions of soldiers with their guns

For communities to start to heal and move towards peace after decades of conflict and oppression, civil society must be strong

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below

Peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly

Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects

The time has come to make the protection of all our children a common cause that can unite us across our political orientation, religious affiliation and cultural traditions

We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering

Where there is no room for national pride, or national shame, about the past, there can be no national soul

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in