Disarmament Quotes - Page 5

• The creation of a nuclear weapons convention is not only achievable, it is imperative if civilisation is to survive.

  C. G. Weeramantry

  Nuclear, Weapons, Creation

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• No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security against the risks of deception and evasion. But it can, if it is sufficiently effective in its enforcement and if it is sufficiently in the interests of its signers, offer far more security and far fewer risks than an unabated, uncontrolled, unpredictable arms race.

  John F. Kennedy

  Race, Risk, Deception

  American University Commencement Address, delivered 10 June 1963

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• What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?

  Gregory Peck

  Gun, Hands, People

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• I will continue to forcefully support nonproliferation activities around the world.

  Pete Domenici

  Support, World, Activity

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• We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

  Ramsay MacDonald

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

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• To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.

  Mairead Corrigan

  War, America, Courageous

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

  Tony Blair

  Regimes, Bases, Saddam

  "Blair sets out case for military action", www.cnn.com. February 18, 2003.

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• Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Nuclear Disarmament, World, Path

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• The pens which write against disarmament are made with the same steel from which guns are made.

  Aristide Briand

  Peace, Writing, Gun

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• The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history.

  Arthur Henderson

  Fashion, Needs, World

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• Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament-but only in enemy countries, not in his own.

  Hermann Hesse

  Country, War, Enemy

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• Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.

  Jeff Cooper

  Gun, Citizens, Surprise

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• To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel.

  David Penhaligon

  Science, Nuclear Disarmament, Would Be

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• They're talking about partial nuclear disarmament, which is also like talking about partial circumcision - you either go all the way or forget it.

  Robin Williams

  Talking, Nuclear Disarmament, Circumcision

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to unilateral protection against nukes?

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Nuclear Disarmament, People, Favors

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• The time has come for those nations that rely on the force of nuclear armaments to respectfully heed the voices of peace-loving people, not least the atomic bomb survivors, to strive in good faith for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and to advance towards the complete abolishment of all such weapons.

  Iccho Itoh

  Nuclear Disarmament, Voice, People

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• Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, War, Mean

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students”, p.67, Beacon Press

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• Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.

  Hans Blix

  War, Democracy, Occupation

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• As for total disarmament, there are almost 50,000 nuclear weapons in the world today; even if they were banned, not all would be destroyed.

  Herman Kahn

  Would Be, Nuclear, World

  Herman Kahn (1985). “Thinking Unth 80SP”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Giving, India, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of any nation because they represent a threat to the security of the human race. These incredibly destructive weapons are an affront to our common humanity, and the tens of billions of dollars that are dedicated to their development and maintenance should be used instead to alleviate human need and suffering

  Oscar Arias

  Common Humanity, Nuclear Disarmament, Race

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• This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.

  Bertrand Russell

  Ideas, Humanity, Weapons

  Speech in Birmingham, England encouraging civil disobedience in support of nuclear disarmament, April 15, 1961.

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• Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

  Dalai Lama

  Respect, Attitude, Long

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.172, Penguin Books India

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• Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must start in each individual heart.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Together, Violence

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• The salvation of the world ultimately lies in moving towards universal nuclear disarmament, but that's a long distance away.

  Manmohan Singh

  Distance, Lying, Moving

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