Disarmament Quotes

“Military is people-approved genocide.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Military is legal terrorism.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Ban bombs, not books.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Disarmament requires trust.

— Gustav Heinemann

What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?

— Gregory Peck

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

— Ludwig Quidde

Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

— John F. Kennedy

“Ceasefire only postpones war, what’s needed is demilitarization.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.

— Hans Blix

Arms control is by definition a rejection of disarmament.

— David Dellinger

“The world is over-armed and peace is underfunded.”

— Ban Ki-Moon

Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.

— Will Rogers

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

— Alva Myrdal

Obama spent the first two years of his administration practicing political unilateral disarmament.

— Cenk Uygur

The maximalist demand of a complete ban on weapons, and the 'incremental steps' towards disarmament are both jammed. Will advancing IHL help…

— Jonathan Granoff

It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that…

— Ed Miliband

Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that…

— Robert Jay Lifton

Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against…

— Philip Berrigan

The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work…

— Ban Ki-moon

There's a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or…

— Alan Cranston

The big powers are traveling on the dangerous road of armament. The signpost just ahead of us is 'Oblivion.' Can the march…

— Sean MacBride

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning…

— Stewart Brand

The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of…

— Hannah Arendt

We all have choices. We can build walls or we can build bridges. We can give our talents to creating weapons of…

— David Krieger

Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks…

— David Cortright

I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of…

— Roger Nash Baldwin

Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if…

— Hans Blix

No treaty, however much it may be to the advantage of all, however tightly it may be worded, can provide absolute security…

— John F. Kennedy

In a world where millions of human beings live in extreme poverty, die of malnutrition and lack medical care, where pandemics continue…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

In a nuclear war there would be no victors, only victims. The truth of peace require that all-whether those governments which openly…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since…

— John Burroughs

But elimination will only happen if all countries - nuclear and non-nuclear states - genuinely work towards this result. Nuclear states must…

— C. G. Weeramantry

“The United States is the most powerful among the technically advanced countries in the world today. Its influence on the shaping of…

— Albert Einstein

...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests"…

— Alfonso Garcia Robles

The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.

— Oscar Arias

The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

— John F. Kennedy

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

— George Bernard Shaw

We must create world-wide law and law enforcement as we outlaw world-wide war and weapon

— John F. Kennedy