Curated Quotations

Emily Greene Balch

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  • “Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance – the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest.” -Emily Greene Balch

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  • “A third ideal that has made its way in the modern world is reliance on reason, especially reason disciplined and enriched by modern science. An eternal basis of human intercommunication is reason.” -Emily Greene Balch

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  • “There is a great interest in comparative religion and a desire to understand faiths other than our own and even to experiment with exotic cults.” -Emily Greene Balch

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  • “Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.” -Emily Greene Balch

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  • “Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.” -Emily Greene Balch

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  • “Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.” -Emily Greene Balch

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