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“The twentieth century had dispensed with the formal declaration of war and introduced the fifth column, sabotage, cold war, and war by proxy, but that was only the begining. Summit meetings for disarmament pursued mutual understanding and a balance of power but were also held to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. The world of the war-or-peace alternative became a world in which war was peace and peace war.”

Source: Peace on Earth

“An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission on Disarmament, and which recently elected Libya - a terrorist state - to chair the United Nations Commission on Human Rights of all things, seems not to be even struggling to regain credibility. That these acts of irresponsibility could happen now, at this moment in history, is breathtaking.”

“The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance. Tolerance is an important virtue of bodhisattvas [enlightened heroes and heroines] - it enables you to refrain from reacting angrily to the harm inflicted on you by others. You could call this practice "inner disarmament," in that a well-developed tolerance makes you free from the compulsion to counterattack. For the same reason, we also call tolerance the "best armor," since it protects you from being conquered by hatred itself.”

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

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Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace.”

Thinking World Order Term Struggle Conflict Universal Inevitable Anarchy Conferences World Order Disarmament Focal Point Armed Conflict

Author:Arthur Henderson

“A civilization built on dualism and war within and between persons, one that puts its most creative minds and its best engineers to sadistic work building more and more destructive weapons, is no civilization at all. It needs a radical transformation from the heart outwards. It needs to outgrow and outlaw war just as in the last century it outlawed slavery. The human race has outgrown war, but it hardly knows it yet.”

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

World Want Needs Helping Fashion Disarmament

Author:Arthur Henderson

“As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.”

Firsts Steps Rights Achieve Offers Weapons Equality First Steps Forbidden Treaties Disarmament Peace Treaties

Author:Arthur Henderson

“Perhaps the grimmest aspect of this great paradox is that the very nations that are chiefly responsible for starting and for maintaining the Disarmament Conference are also the nations that have begun a new arms race.”

Nations Race Arms Aspect Responsible Starting Paradox Conferences Maintaining Disarmament Arms Race

Author:Arthur Henderson

“The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight.”

War Notion Disarmament

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“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.”

“We're fundamentally opposed to the expansion of nuclear-weapons arsenals. This is why we have proposed the formation of an unbiased organization and the disarmament of the nuclear powers. We don't need any weapons. We're a civilized, cultured people, and our history shows that we have never attacked another country.”

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Author:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

“If any influential nation had the great spiritual strength to lay down its arms and appear with clean hands before the world, the world would be changed. I see no evidence that any influential nations has such great spiritual strength and courage. Therefore disarmament will be a slow process, motivated by the wish to survive.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.”

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Author:Hubert H. Humphrey

“The costs of an ignorance of science are nor just practical ones like misbegotten policies, forgone cures, and a unilateral disarmament in national competitiveness. There is a moral cost as well. It is an astonishing fact about our species that we understand so much about the history of the universe. the forces that make it tick, the stuff it's made of; the origin of living things, and the machinery of life. A failure to nurture this knowledge shows a philistine indifference to the magnificent achievements humanity is capable of; like allowing a great work of art to molder in a warehouse.”

“Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with the roots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. We need to embrace 'inner disarmament,' reducing our own emotions of suspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters”

People Ifs Needs Today Deals Emotion Violence Serious Brother Roots Hatred Agree Embrace Our Society Suspicion Brothers And Sisters Hostility Reducing Disarmament

Author:Dalai Lama

“Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us...No longer is the quest for disarmament a sign of weakness, (nor) the destruction of arms a dream - it is a practical matter of life or death. The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race.”

“A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way to stop a bully from ever being a bully is to say: "I'm as strong as you. Anything you do to me, I can do to you." We are going for nuclear and conventional disarmament but we're going about it in the right way.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

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

Way Forget Talking Nuclear Forget It Disarmament Nuclear Disarmament Circumcision

Author:Robin Williams

“We concluded that tomorrow is a moment of truth for the world. Many nations have voiced a commitment to peace and security, and now they must demonstrate that commitment to peace and security in the only effective way: by supporting the immediate and unconditional disarmament of Saddam Hussein.”

World Way Moments Nations Security Tomorrow Commitment Saddam Hussein Unconditional Disarmament Peace And Security Moment Of Truth

Author:George W. Bush

“Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full”

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Author:Donald Rumsfeld

“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.”

Heart Together Individual Violence Mere Absence Genuine Disarmament

Author:Dalai Lama

“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.”

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Author:Jill Stein

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

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Author:Manmohan Singh

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

War America Courageous Disarmament Against War

Author:Mairead Corrigan

“The five original nuclear weapon states I mentioned - U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia - under the NPT have committed to the achievement of the elimination of their nuclear arsenals through good faith negotiations of nuclear disarmament - that's Article Six of the treaty.”

“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.”

“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."”

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Author:John Burroughs

“The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since '96, there really hasn't been progress on specific commitments that have been made. Perhaps most disturbing is this: that the United States and France in particular, since 1996, have expanded the range of circumstances under which they might use - they say they might use - nuclear weapons.”

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

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

Source: A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr., for Students

“I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”

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Author:Roger Nash Baldwin

“If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.”

Ifs Years Doe Past Peace Teach Economy Fifty Disarmament

Author:Bernard Baruch

“Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast Israel as the villain; it often casts real villains in leading roles: Gadhafi's Libya chaired the UN Commission on Human Rights; Saddam's Iraq headed the UN Committee on Disarmament.”

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Author:Benjamin Netanyahu

“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.”

Source: A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat

“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.”

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Author:Tony Blair

“The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.”

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Book:In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

“The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.”

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Author:Robin Williams

“Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks.”

Knows Want I Can War Bigs Behinds Masters Wall Gun Planes Bombs Mask Anti War Desks Disarmament Total War Cost Of War Stop War

Book:Lyrics:1962-2012

Source: Lyrics:1962-2012

“A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.”

Way Wells Has Beens War Ends Pay Groups Profit Resolution Conferences Wipe Disarmament Racket Geneva

Author:Smedley Butler

“Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.”

May War Planets Weapons Nuclear Contemplating Nuclear Weapons Abolish Disarmament Nuclear War Armament Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Proliferation Nukes Miscalculations Atomic Weapons

Author:John F. Kennedy

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

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Author:Aristide Briand

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

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Author:Ramsay MacDonald

“Somehow we must transform the dynamics of the world power struggle from the negative nuclear arms race which no one can win to a positive contest to harness man's creative genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity a reality for all of the nations of the world.”

Source: The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.:

“Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.”

Heart War Humanity Peace Absence Agreement Disarmament Change Of Heart

Author:Richard Lamm

“The big powers are traveling on the dangerous road of armament. The signpost just ahead of us is 'Oblivion.' Can the march on this road be stopped? Yes, if public opinion uses the power it now has.”

Ifs Use Bigs Peace Opinion Dangerous March Oblivion Public Opinion Disarmament Armament Signposts

Author:Sean MacBride

“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.”

Source: Path To Tranquility

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

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Author:David Penhaligon

“When faced with world problems - like hunger, overpopulation, nuclear weapons, the arms trade - you may be among those who are overwhelmed by a feeling of "Help! What on earth can I, just one person, do about this?" Take heart. That's a sane response. It's the basis for a whole new attitude to world problems, where change at the level of the individual is more and more recognised as essential to change in huge world systems.”

“Anyone who thinks we can continue to have world wars but make them nice polite affairs by outlawing this weapon or that should meditate upon the outlawing of the cross-bow by Papal authority. Setting up the machinery for international law and order must surely precede disarmament. The Wild West did not abandon its shooting irons till after sheriffs and courts were established.”

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