Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Activist

1931-11-26

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He is known for nonviolent human rights advocacy.

Quotes by Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

We know we cannot plant seeds with closed fists. To sow, we must open our hands.
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Don't stand back with your arms folded; step forward... There is hope and light to resist injustice and promote peace without violence.
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Reflection is only a partial understanding of truth if it does not translate itself in practice into commitments to the common good and justice. Truth is not mere abstraction but something to be done and is only apprehended when this is realized.
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