Swedish - Diplomat | January 31, 1902 - February 1, 1986
There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.
Alva Myrdal
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We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.
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Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted?
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All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.
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I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
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I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
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More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.
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A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of 'balance' and 'deterrence'.
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First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.
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I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture.
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If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.
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It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes.
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