GEORGE MITCHELL 1998 Liberty Medal Recipient
1998 Liberty
Medal Recipient
"After 30 years of bitter and bloody
divisions, a courageous, non-violent transformation in Northern Ireland
seems imminent. Senator George
Mitchell has been both a vital catalyst and a patient shepherd to
the peace negotiations. His persistence and persuasion has guided the
negotiations and allowed this breakthrough agreement, with its redefinition of
self-determination of peoples, to emerge"
Liberty Medal International Selection Commission
"I believe there’s no such thing as a
conflict that can’t be ended. They’re created and sustained by human beings.
They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no
matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail. But only if those
who stand for peace and justice are supported and encouraged, while those who
do not are opposed and condemned. Seeking an end to conflict is not for the
timid or the tentative. There must be a clear and determined policy not to
yield to the men of violence.."...more
U.S. Senator George Mitchell
Liberty Medal acceptance speech, July 4,
1998
George Mitchell
George
J. Mitchell was the Senate majority leader for the U.S. Senate,
and the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group.
Note: George
Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group,
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, Common Cause, and the Committee for Economic Development.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Henry
Louis Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Mary M.
Boies is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, and married to David
Boies.
David Boies
is married to Mary M. Boies, and a
trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Richard
Dreyfuss is a governing board member for Common
Cause, and was a trustee at the National
Constitution Center.
Ellen
Alemany is a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Benjamin
W. Heineman Jr. is a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development, and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Anthony
C. Zinni is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
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