“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
“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
“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
“Our nuclear free status means that we decline to acquiesce in the strategies of nuclear deterrence. We will not turn a blind eye to them, and pretend that the weapons are no longer a threat. We will not in any way tolerate the testing of nuclear weapons, or their manufacture, or their deployment.” WayMeanEyeTurnsWeaponsBlindStrategyThreatNuclearDeclineNuclear WeaponsTolerateTestingDeploymentBlind EyesDeterrenceNuclear Deterrence Author:David Lange
