Quotessence
Home / Authors / David Lange Books
David Lange

David Lange Books

Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

My life

A source page for quotes linked to David Lange.

0 quotes

Related Quotes

“We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the world if those weapons are one day to be eliminated. We will not contemplate any circumstance in which their possession or threatened use is justified. We reject the secrecy and hypocrisy which surrounds the continuing refinement of the technology.”

IfsWorldDoneUseNumbersTechnologyCircumstancesOne DayWeaponsPossessionNuclearHypocrisyRejectsSurroundContemplatingNuclear WeaponsContinuingThreatenedJustifiedSecrecyDisarmamentRefinement
Author:David Lange
Create image

“Our nuclear free status is a statement of our belief that we and our fellow human beings can build the institutions which will one day allow us all to renounce the weapons of mass destruction. We are a small country and what we can do is limited. But in this as in every other great issue, we have to start somewhere.”

HumansCountryBeliefCan DoHuman BeingsIssuesOne DayWeaponsMassDestructionFellowsInstitutionsNuclearStatementsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDisarmamentRenounceSmall Countries
Author:David Lange
Create image

“New Zealand’s nuclear free movement is a broad-based and popular movement. Our nuclear free status is a challenge to much that is accepted as orthodox in international relations. It was formally adopted in the cold war era as a form of resistance to the dismal doctrines of nuclear deterrence. It is still a rebuke to the unprincipled exercise of economic power and military might.”

StillsWarMightFormChallengesEconomicMilitaryMovementColdExerciseRelationInternationalNuclearAcceptedResistanceDoctrineErasOrthodoxBroadsCold WarAdoptedInternational RelationsNew ZealandRebukeEconomic PowerDeterrenceFree MovementNuclear Deterrence
Author:David Lange
Create image