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+ | ===Kofi Annan, als ehemaliger Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen=== | ||
+ | ''Rede vor dem Kongress "Global Perspectives on Young Leadership" in Stockholm 2010:'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Your Majesty, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear Marie, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear Leif, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear “Young Leaders”, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ladies and Gentlemen, | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is a great delight for me to speak at this seminar and I would like to thank the King Carl Gustaf Foundation for Young Leadership and the Swedish Guide and Scout Association for inviting me back to Stockholm. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The presence of so many distinguished guests is testimony to the importance of the topic you have chosen. It is also a clear indication of the high standing of the scout movement and the values on which it is build in Swedish society. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Outside of this room, every third Swede is or has been a scout. In here, I would assume the ratio is even more impressive. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But as impressive as the sheer numbers is the kind of people who are part of the movement. Here in Sweden, Your Majesty and many other leaders in their field have gone through scout training. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The same is true around the world. Bill Gates, Paul McCartney and Mohammed Ali are all scouts and even my predecessor at the UN, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, is one. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Scouts have assumed leadership positions in every part of our globe, and even well beyond – of the 12 men to walk on the surface of the moon, 11 were scouts. It should not come as a surprise that the very man, who sent them there, President Kennedy, was a scout, too. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Before I continue, I thus think it time for a confession: I have not been a scout. But I have spent over 40 years in a very similar movement. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Scouts and the United Nations have indeed much in common. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both are truly universal, with scouting associations existing in over 160 countries. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both are organizations with a clear purpose and an ambitious mission, uniting people of different backgrounds under a common ideal. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And most importantly, both want to make a real contribution to creating a better world. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Scout movement seeks to do so by developing the individual, by instilling values and by preparing young people for positions of leadership. | ||
+ | |||
+ | As such it makes for a perfect point of reference for my speech today, for I want to talk about the crucial importance of value-based leadership. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In our increasingly globalized world, such leadership is needed as never before. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Economic integration and rapid communications have brought people and countries closer together, breaking down old barriers and creating new realities. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We now live in a world where we are almost instantly affected by what is said and done across the other side of our planet; a world where diseases like swine flu can be carried across oceans, let alone national borders, in a matter of hours; a world where a sub-prime crisis in the US can lead to the worst global recession in decades; a world where failed states in the heart of Asia and Africa can come back to haunt us as safe havens for terrorists; a world where changing climatic patterns affect everyone, regardless of where they live, or what they do. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The old saying “we are all in the same boat” has never been more relevant. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But despite the storms all around us, this message seems not to have been learnt yet by many in government and business. Or, if leant, has failed to change their decisions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The fact that we now live in an extraordinarily interdependent world – that we are a true global village – has not led to the fundamentally different policies and tools needed to tackle this new reality. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nor are our discussions or decisions yet shaped by the basic values needed to allow us to overcome the many challenges we face. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are confronted by global food shortages, the prevalence of poverty and violence and, of course, the gravest economic crisis for over 60 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We also have to struggle with environmental degradation and climate change which threaten to worsen today’s crises of extreme poverty, famine, conflict, disease, and natural disasters. | ||
+ | |||
+ | No continent, country or community can deal with all these interlinked challenges on its own. Cooperation is no longer a choice but a clear imperative. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The challenges we face require a new style of leadership – one that looks beyond narrow national or sectional interests and that has basic values at its heart. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ladies and Gentlemen, I know that I am not alone in urging the importance of values such as prudence, fairness, generosity and public spiritedness. | ||
+ | |||
+ | These are values which we all understand. They are the basis for healthy communities. These are the very values scouts pride themselves on. They are the values on which the UN was founded. | ||
+ | |||
+ | So we don’t need to re-invent them. But we do need to re-assert them and put them into practice. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For these values no longer seem to inform the way businesses and economies function, or are regulated. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The global economic crisis has been a true wake-up call. It has shown that we ignore these values at our own peril, and – even worse – that of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For it is the ones least responsible for the crisis that have had to bear the brunt of its burden. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And while anxiety levels in boardrooms and stock markets may have come down, the daily drama of survival has worsened for many in the world’s least developed countries. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jobs have gone; incomes and opportunities have been lost. Tens of millions more people have been added to the already scandalously high number living below the poverty line. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Crucially, we have not taken the steps needed to ensure that the mistakes and misjudgments that led to this crisis are not repeated. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is a danger, too, that the lessons which should have been learnt from the initial success of the global response are quickly being forgotten. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I believe very strongly that without recourse to leadership, policies and practices rooted in basic values, the next crisis is just around the corner. And that without them our efforts to address other challenges like climate change, inequality and injustice will also be bound to fail. | ||
+ | |||
+ | First and foremost, this places a heavy burden on our political leaders. They need the courage and vision to place the common good ahead of narrow national or political self-interest. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But leadership must not be confined to politicians. One of the major lessons I learnt as Secretary-General is that governments alone cannot solve the world’s problems. We all need to accept our respective responsibilities; we all need to lead. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For a start, we need to ensure that values, not self-interest, drive our decisions and the way we behave, as individuals, but also as members of communities and organizations. Together, we must make sure that they are hardwired into public policy and international relations. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is thus particularly important that we convey these values to the next generation of leaders. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are many ways to do so. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The establishment of Your Majesty’s foundation for young leadership has already set a great example. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The awards you will present to three remarkable young people later today are not only an appreciation of their hard work and dedication. They are also a call and encouragement for others to follow in their steps. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Every single one of us in this room, whether you are a leader in the public or the private sector, can do our bit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting, rightly said “There is no teaching to compare with example”. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Let your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more and become more. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If I look around this room, if I look at the achievements of the young leaders we are about to honour, I feel that we are on the right track. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It can be fashionable to decry the younger generation, to suggest they are somehow less concerned about others. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But this is simply not true. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is exactly because of the concern for others, their commitment and courage – qualities highlighted in the work of the scouts – that I look to the future of our world with optimism despite the enormous challenges we face. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I want to end, if I may, by speaking to the young leaders here directly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is your generation who must pick up the challenge from people like His Majesty, Leif and me. The recognition you are receiving today is a privilege for which you have worked extremely hard. But it is also a responsibility. It is a responsibility to use your talents and energy to improve our world. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The events of the last few years have underlined how small our planet has become and how, wherever we live, our futures are now so closely inter-linked. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You are the first generation who can genuinely call yourself citizens of the world. | ||
+ | |||
+ | So whatever you are working on right now, whatever your ambitions for the years ahead, you have to think globally – even when you act locally. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It means understanding that your decisions and actions can have an impact – for good and bad – on people right across the other side of our planet. You must constantly look outwards beyond the boundaries of your community and your country. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We have seen the power of the forces of globalization. We now have to make sure we shape them for good. The way you respond to the challenges I outlined will decide the health and happiness of billions of people across the globe. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is a big responsibility. But it is your world now. You must have the courage to change it for the better. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I, for one, have every confidence in your ability to rise to the challenge and wish you every success."<ref>Kofi Annan: [http://kofiannanfoundation.org/newsroom/speeches/2010/04/global-perspectives-young-leadership ''Global Perspectives on Young Leadership''], 06.11.2013</ref> [Stockholm, April 2010] | ||
+ | |||
===Ban Ki-moon, Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen=== | ===Ban Ki-moon, Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen=== | ||
"As a Scout I really enjoyed camping and hiking. I also learned a lot - including survival skills, importance of discipline, and responibility we have towards other members of society. | "As a Scout I really enjoyed camping and hiking. I also learned a lot - including survival skills, importance of discipline, and responibility we have towards other members of society. | ||
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As the Secretary General of the United Nations I continue to draw on those experiences. I am proud to have been a Scout."<ref>WOSM: [http://www.scout.org/node/19144 ''UN Day of Peace 2013 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's video message''], 05.11.2013</ref> [21.09.2013] | As the Secretary General of the United Nations I continue to draw on those experiences. I am proud to have been a Scout."<ref>WOSM: [http://www.scout.org/node/19144 ''UN Day of Peace 2013 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's video message''], 05.11.2013</ref> [21.09.2013] | ||
− | ===Horst Köhler | + | ===Horst Köhler als Deutscher Bundespräsident=== |
"Liebe Pfadfinderinnen, liebe Pfadfinder, | "Liebe Pfadfinderinnen, liebe Pfadfinder, | ||
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==Künstler== | ==Künstler== | ||
+ | ===Madonna, Sängerin=== | ||
+ | ''Redeauszug anlässlich der Verleihung des GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards. Bei den rein männlichen Boy Scouts of America (BSA) lief zu dieser Zeit eine medienstarke Kontroverse über die Zulassung homosexueller Mitglieder und Leitungskräfte:'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Ich wollte ein [BSA] Pfadfinder werden, aber sie ließen mich nicht eintreten. Ich denke das ist Scheiße. Ich kann ein Feuer machen. Ich weiß, wie man ein Zelt aufbaut. Ich habe einen sehr guten Orientierungssinn. Ich kann Kätzchen von Bäumen retten... | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hört zu, ich wollte etwas Gutes für die Gesellschaft tun. Aber am besten weiß ich, wie man Jungs findet. Ich finde, ich sollte ein [BSA] Pfadfinder sein dürfen und sie sollten ihre blöden Regeln ändern. [...] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ich war eine Pfadfinderin [Girl Scout], aber ich wurde rausgeschmissen. Und wollt ihr wissen warum? Weil mein Rock zu kurz war und ich niemals genug Kekse verkaufte - ich aß die Kekse. Diese Erdnussbutterpastetchen sind gut."<ref>Youtube: [http://youtu.be/ZI7wRDMsk5k ''Madonna presents the Vito Russo Award...''], Abschrift 00:00-02:11, 05.11.2013</ref> [17.03.2013] | ||
==Andere Persönlichkeiten== | ==Andere Persönlichkeiten== |
Aktuelle Version vom 6. November 2013, 14:44 Uhr
Zitate von Lord Robert Baden-Powell über das Pfadfindertum finden sich auf der Seite Baden Powell (Zitate) gesammelt. Darüber hinaus haben aber auch viele andere Personen des öffentlichen Lebens weltweit Stellung zum Pfadfindertum bezogen und ihre ganz persönlichen, oder administrativen Sichtweisen zum Ausdruck gebracht. Solche Zitate sind hier zusammengestellt:
Politiker
Kofi Annan, als ehemaliger Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen
Rede vor dem Kongress "Global Perspectives on Young Leadership" in Stockholm 2010:
"Your Majesty,
Dear Marie,
Dear Leif,
Dear “Young Leaders”,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great delight for me to speak at this seminar and I would like to thank the King Carl Gustaf Foundation for Young Leadership and the Swedish Guide and Scout Association for inviting me back to Stockholm.
The presence of so many distinguished guests is testimony to the importance of the topic you have chosen. It is also a clear indication of the high standing of the scout movement and the values on which it is build in Swedish society.
Outside of this room, every third Swede is or has been a scout. In here, I would assume the ratio is even more impressive.
But as impressive as the sheer numbers is the kind of people who are part of the movement. Here in Sweden, Your Majesty and many other leaders in their field have gone through scout training.
The same is true around the world. Bill Gates, Paul McCartney and Mohammed Ali are all scouts and even my predecessor at the UN, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, is one.
Scouts have assumed leadership positions in every part of our globe, and even well beyond – of the 12 men to walk on the surface of the moon, 11 were scouts. It should not come as a surprise that the very man, who sent them there, President Kennedy, was a scout, too.
Before I continue, I thus think it time for a confession: I have not been a scout. But I have spent over 40 years in a very similar movement.
The Scouts and the United Nations have indeed much in common.
Both are truly universal, with scouting associations existing in over 160 countries.
Both are organizations with a clear purpose and an ambitious mission, uniting people of different backgrounds under a common ideal.
And most importantly, both want to make a real contribution to creating a better world.
The Scout movement seeks to do so by developing the individual, by instilling values and by preparing young people for positions of leadership.
As such it makes for a perfect point of reference for my speech today, for I want to talk about the crucial importance of value-based leadership.
In our increasingly globalized world, such leadership is needed as never before.
Economic integration and rapid communications have brought people and countries closer together, breaking down old barriers and creating new realities.
We now live in a world where we are almost instantly affected by what is said and done across the other side of our planet; a world where diseases like swine flu can be carried across oceans, let alone national borders, in a matter of hours; a world where a sub-prime crisis in the US can lead to the worst global recession in decades; a world where failed states in the heart of Asia and Africa can come back to haunt us as safe havens for terrorists; a world where changing climatic patterns affect everyone, regardless of where they live, or what they do.
The old saying “we are all in the same boat” has never been more relevant.
But despite the storms all around us, this message seems not to have been learnt yet by many in government and business. Or, if leant, has failed to change their decisions.
The fact that we now live in an extraordinarily interdependent world – that we are a true global village – has not led to the fundamentally different policies and tools needed to tackle this new reality.
Nor are our discussions or decisions yet shaped by the basic values needed to allow us to overcome the many challenges we face.
We are confronted by global food shortages, the prevalence of poverty and violence and, of course, the gravest economic crisis for over 60 years.
We also have to struggle with environmental degradation and climate change which threaten to worsen today’s crises of extreme poverty, famine, conflict, disease, and natural disasters.
No continent, country or community can deal with all these interlinked challenges on its own. Cooperation is no longer a choice but a clear imperative.
The challenges we face require a new style of leadership – one that looks beyond narrow national or sectional interests and that has basic values at its heart.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I know that I am not alone in urging the importance of values such as prudence, fairness, generosity and public spiritedness.
These are values which we all understand. They are the basis for healthy communities. These are the very values scouts pride themselves on. They are the values on which the UN was founded.
So we don’t need to re-invent them. But we do need to re-assert them and put them into practice.
For these values no longer seem to inform the way businesses and economies function, or are regulated.
The global economic crisis has been a true wake-up call. It has shown that we ignore these values at our own peril, and – even worse – that of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable.
For it is the ones least responsible for the crisis that have had to bear the brunt of its burden.
And while anxiety levels in boardrooms and stock markets may have come down, the daily drama of survival has worsened for many in the world’s least developed countries.
Jobs have gone; incomes and opportunities have been lost. Tens of millions more people have been added to the already scandalously high number living below the poverty line.
Crucially, we have not taken the steps needed to ensure that the mistakes and misjudgments that led to this crisis are not repeated.
There is a danger, too, that the lessons which should have been learnt from the initial success of the global response are quickly being forgotten.
I believe very strongly that without recourse to leadership, policies and practices rooted in basic values, the next crisis is just around the corner. And that without them our efforts to address other challenges like climate change, inequality and injustice will also be bound to fail.
First and foremost, this places a heavy burden on our political leaders. They need the courage and vision to place the common good ahead of narrow national or political self-interest.
But leadership must not be confined to politicians. One of the major lessons I learnt as Secretary-General is that governments alone cannot solve the world’s problems. We all need to accept our respective responsibilities; we all need to lead.
For a start, we need to ensure that values, not self-interest, drive our decisions and the way we behave, as individuals, but also as members of communities and organizations. Together, we must make sure that they are hardwired into public policy and international relations.
It is thus particularly important that we convey these values to the next generation of leaders.
There are many ways to do so.
The establishment of Your Majesty’s foundation for young leadership has already set a great example.
The awards you will present to three remarkable young people later today are not only an appreciation of their hard work and dedication. They are also a call and encouragement for others to follow in their steps.
Every single one of us in this room, whether you are a leader in the public or the private sector, can do our bit.
Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting, rightly said “There is no teaching to compare with example”.
Let your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more and become more.
If I look around this room, if I look at the achievements of the young leaders we are about to honour, I feel that we are on the right track.
It can be fashionable to decry the younger generation, to suggest they are somehow less concerned about others.
But this is simply not true.
It is exactly because of the concern for others, their commitment and courage – qualities highlighted in the work of the scouts – that I look to the future of our world with optimism despite the enormous challenges we face.
I want to end, if I may, by speaking to the young leaders here directly.
It is your generation who must pick up the challenge from people like His Majesty, Leif and me. The recognition you are receiving today is a privilege for which you have worked extremely hard. But it is also a responsibility. It is a responsibility to use your talents and energy to improve our world.
The events of the last few years have underlined how small our planet has become and how, wherever we live, our futures are now so closely inter-linked.
You are the first generation who can genuinely call yourself citizens of the world.
So whatever you are working on right now, whatever your ambitions for the years ahead, you have to think globally – even when you act locally.
It means understanding that your decisions and actions can have an impact – for good and bad – on people right across the other side of our planet. You must constantly look outwards beyond the boundaries of your community and your country.
We have seen the power of the forces of globalization. We now have to make sure we shape them for good. The way you respond to the challenges I outlined will decide the health and happiness of billions of people across the globe.
It is a big responsibility. But it is your world now. You must have the courage to change it for the better.
I, for one, have every confidence in your ability to rise to the challenge and wish you every success."<ref>Kofi Annan: Global Perspectives on Young Leadership, 06.11.2013</ref> [Stockholm, April 2010]
Ban Ki-moon, Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen
"As a Scout I really enjoyed camping and hiking. I also learned a lot - including survival skills, importance of discipline, and responibility we have towards other members of society.
Scouting provides an early training ground - it is a way to prepare for the responsibilities of global citizenship.
As the Secretary General of the United Nations I continue to draw on those experiences. I am proud to have been a Scout."<ref>WOSM: UN Day of Peace 2013 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's video message, 05.11.2013</ref> [21.09.2013]
Horst Köhler als Deutscher Bundespräsident
"Liebe Pfadfinderinnen, liebe Pfadfinder,
ich darf Sie ganz herzlich hier im Park von Schloss Bellevue in Berlin begrüßen. Ich freue mich sehr, dass ich an diesem großen Jubiläum teilnehmen kann. Fast fühle ich mich jetzt so wie vor 50 Jahren, als ich selber Pfadfinder war. Damals, liebe Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder, war ich ein Flüchtlingskind. Wir lebten - viele hundert Menschen - in einer früheren Militärkaserne. Eine Gruppe vom Bund Deutscher Pfadfinder fragte mich, ob ich nicht Pfadfinder werden wollte. Nun: Ich wollte und habe so die Gemeinschaft der Pfadfinder erlebt, bei den vielen Aktionen, die wir gemacht haben, von der Nachbarschaftshilfe bis zu den vielen Zeltlagern. Wir waren praktisch alle 14 Tage mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs, ob es geregnet hat oder nicht. Und ich will ja nicht behaupten, dass ich Bundespräsident in Deutschland geworden bin, weil ich bei den Pfadfindern war, aber ich will Euch doch ganz klar und mit Ernst sagen: Meine Zeit bei den Pfadfindern, die Erlebnisse, das Lernen und vor allen Dingen die Gemeinschaft bei den Pfadfindern, das hat mich für mein ganzes Leben geprägt und ich bin sehr dankbar dafür.
Wie wir wissen, hat Robert Baden-Powells Idee der Pfadfinderbewegung die ganze Welt erobert. Ich freue mich deshalb, dass wir heute hier auch Pfadfinder aus aller Welt zu Gast haben. Was die Pfadfinder heute gemeinsam mit ihren guten Taten erreichen, zeigt, dass eine bessere Welt möglich ist. Ich möchte Euch und Ihnen allen danken für das, was Sie in der Pfadfinderbewegung tun. Ich gratuliere zum 100jährigen Bestehen und wünsche für die nächsten 100 Jahre "allzeit gut Pfad"!"<ref>100 Jahre Pfadfinderbewegung - Grußwort von Bundespräsident Horst Köhler beim Internationalen Pfadfinderlager im Schlosspark Bellevue, 05.11.2013</ref> [21.09.2007]
Heinz Fischer, Österreichischer Bundespräsident
"Liebe Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder,
heute, am Vortag Ihres Jubiläumsfestes hat mich eine Delegation von Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfindern in der Hofburg besucht, um mit mir über das 100-Jahre-Jubiläum zu sprechen. Ich muss sagen, dass das wirklich ein eindrucksvolles Fest ist, ein eindrucksvolles Datum - wenn ich an das Jahrhundert von 1907 bis heute denke. Die Idee der Pfadfinder war eine großartige und ist eine großartige. Und darum hat sie sich auch bewährt und durchgesetzt. Und über alle Höhen und Tiefen dieses Jahrhunderts, das ja in Österreich, in Europa und in der Welt viele dramatische Ereignisse aufwies, hat sich die Idee der Pfadfinder bewährt. Mit ihren Grundsätzen, mit ihren Prinzipien, mit ihren Idealen. Und in Österreich ist das eine starke, anerkannte Organisation, die mir seit vielen Jahrzehnten, seit meiner Jugend eigentlich, vertraut ist, und die wirklich zu vielen Zielsetzungen wichtige Beiträge geleistet hat.
Ich gratuliere Ihnen sehr herzlich zu diesem Jubiläum. Ich gratuliere auch zu dieser Idee "Gifts for Peace" in Angriff zu nehmen und zu dokumentieren wie viel man für den Frieden und das Zusammenleben der Menschen leisten kann, wenn man nachdenkt, wenn man überlegt was sinnvoll ist und wenn man dann auch den Willen und die Kraft hat es durchzusetzen.
Herzlichen Dank und alles Gute für die nächsten 100 Jahre - und viel Erfolg."<ref>Youtube: Bundespräsident Fischer grüßt Pfadfinder, Abschrift, 05.11.2013</ref> [2007]
Religiöse Führer
Papst Pius XI.
"Wenn wir den Geist des Pfadfindertums betrachten - auch Wir fühlen etwas von diesem Geist in Uns - dann muss jeder Pfadfinder zwei Charaktereigenschaften: Klugheit und Mut, besitzen. In diesen beiden Tugenden schließen sich alle anderen von selbst ein."<ref>Willi Mehr: "Der Jungpfadfinder", Georgsverlag 1957, Seite 31.</ref> [10.06.1923]
"Das ist etwas Schönes und Großes, was Trost und neuen Mut gibt. Diese jungen Menschen leben und arbeiten unter den Fahnen der Katholischen Aktion in ganz besonderer Weise: als Pfadfinder. Sie sind von diesem jungen Alter an zusammern tätig, um die Stimmen der ersten zwölf Apostel im Bereich ihres Lebens zu verbreiten und hören zu lassen, eine Stimme, die der Herr über die ganze Erde verbreitet hat: in fines terrae verba eorum - bis an die Grenzen der Erde dreang ihre Kunde."<ref>Willi Mehr: "Der Jungpfadfinder", Georgsverlag 1957, Seite 31.</ref> [1936 vor holländischen Pfadfindern]
Papst Pius XII.
"Das Pfadfindertum weckt alles, was im Jungen von Natur aus gut, edel und gesund ist, und führt es zur Entfaltung: Einfachheit im Leben, Liebe zur Natur und zum Vaterland, Ehrgefühl, Selbstzucht, Gehorsam, Hingabe zum Dienst am Nächsten in brüderlicher und ritterlicher Gesinnung.
Das Pfadfindertum will Ordnung und rechtes Maß in das menschliche Leben bringen. Liebe zur Natur, aber ohne Schwärmerei und unechte Sentimentalität. Selbst Erholung, Fahrt und Spiel legen jedem Pfadfinder besondere Pflichten und Verantwortung auf und dürfen nicht anderes als Ergänzung einer intensiven und eifrigen Arbeit in der Schule, im Dienst oder Beruf sein.
Das Pfadfindertum gibt dem Gottesdienst die vorherrschende Stellung, die ihm im menschlichen Leben zukommt. Es leitet gerade dadurch den jungen Menschen an, dass er den wahren Wert und die wirkliche Erhabenheit eines jeden Dinges, einer jeden Ordnung und jeder geschaffenen Schönheit im Lichte der göttlichen Sonne entdeckt."<ref>Willi Mehr: "Der Jungpfadfinder", Georgsverlag 1957, Seite 31.</ref> [10.09.1946]
Künstler
Madonna, Sängerin
Redeauszug anlässlich der Verleihung des GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Awards. Bei den rein männlichen Boy Scouts of America (BSA) lief zu dieser Zeit eine medienstarke Kontroverse über die Zulassung homosexueller Mitglieder und Leitungskräfte:
"Ich wollte ein [BSA] Pfadfinder werden, aber sie ließen mich nicht eintreten. Ich denke das ist Scheiße. Ich kann ein Feuer machen. Ich weiß, wie man ein Zelt aufbaut. Ich habe einen sehr guten Orientierungssinn. Ich kann Kätzchen von Bäumen retten...
Hört zu, ich wollte etwas Gutes für die Gesellschaft tun. Aber am besten weiß ich, wie man Jungs findet. Ich finde, ich sollte ein [BSA] Pfadfinder sein dürfen und sie sollten ihre blöden Regeln ändern. [...]
Ich war eine Pfadfinderin [Girl Scout], aber ich wurde rausgeschmissen. Und wollt ihr wissen warum? Weil mein Rock zu kurz war und ich niemals genug Kekse verkaufte - ich aß die Kekse. Diese Erdnussbutterpastetchen sind gut."<ref>Youtube: Madonna presents the Vito Russo Award..., Abschrift 00:00-02:11, 05.11.2013</ref> [17.03.2013]
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- Boy Scouts of America: Presidents of the United States and the Boy Scouts of America. Zitatsammlung (Englisch)
- History of Catholic Scouting: The Popes Speak Out on Scouting. Zitatsammlung (Englisch)
- Vatikan: Letter of his Holiness Benedict XVI to Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard, Pesident of the French Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the First Scout Camp (Englisch)