Nuclear Disarmament Quotes - Page 2

• History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background.

  Alan Bullock

  Past, Race, Issues

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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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• Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament.

  Jerry Hall

  War, Night, Views

  "Jerry Hall turns 57! Looking back at her hottest fashions and fierce Texan one-liners" by Lucy Buckland, www.mirror.co.uk. July 02, 2013.

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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

  People, Favors, Politics

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• Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

  Joseph Rotblat

  Commitment, Proliferation Treaty, People

  Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.130, I.B.Tauris

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• When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured into narcissistic special-interest groups? Why should an antiwar protestor be so concerned about her dietary identity? The political opinions of vegetarians and meat-eaters are, after all, equally important. And what does it tell us about vegetarians that it would never occur to meat-eaters to carry a sign that reads "Pacifist Pork Chop Lover for Peace" or "Backyard Rib Barbecuer for International Nuclear Disarmament"?

  Sherman Alexie

  Political Opinions, Unity, Special

  "Lefties Need to Love, Love, Love the White Working Class". Article by Sherman Alexie, www.thestranger.com. April 17, 2003.

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• For some twenty years the window that opened at the end of the Cold War has been allowed to hang flapping in the wind. It is high time that the five nuclear-weapon states take seriously their commitment to negotiate toward nuclear disarmament.

  Hans Blix

  Military, War, Commitment

  Hans Blix (2008). “Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters”, p.37, MIT Press

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• We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.

  Akbar Ganji

  Talking, Should, Outlook

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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

  Voice, People, Survivor

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

  David Penhaligon

  Science, Would Be, Brothels

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• I've also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament - it was about 1982 - they called it Peace Sunday.

  Jackson Browne

  Sunday, Play, Roots

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• In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly or secretly possess nuclear arms, or those planning to acquire them- agree to change their course by clear and firm decision and strive for a progressive and concerted nuclear disarmament. The resources which would be saved could then be employed in projects of development capable of benefiting all their people, especially the poor.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Religious, War, Government

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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, Circumcision, Way

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

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• We have missiles - nuclear missiles - on hair-trigger alert. We should be in the business of nuclear disarmament right now, which neither of these candidates [Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton] are talking about.

  Jill Stein

  Talking, Hair, Nuclear Missiles

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The court was unable to rule on all circumstances in which nuclear weapons might be used, and it said in view of the problems, the risks posed by nuclear weapons, and in view of the lack of certainty of the law in all circumstances, the best course is fulfilling the obligation of good faith negotiations of nuclear disarmament contained in the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

  John Burroughs

  Views, Law, Proliferation Treaty

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• Here's how the court put it, and all judges agreed to this. The court said: "There exists and obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations under nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control."

  John Burroughs

  Judging, Negotiation, Court

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• Nowhere have women been more excluded from decision-making than in the military and foreign affairs. When it comes to the military and questions of nuclear disarmament, the gender gap becomes the gender gulf.

  Eleanor Smeal

  Military, War, Gender Gap

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• Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Effort, Momentum, Barack

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