Alva Myrdal

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.

— Alva Myrdal

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent,…

— Alva Myrdal

Because war and preparations for war have acquired legitimacy, and because of the tremendous proliferation of arms through production and export, so…

— Alva Myrdal

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

— Alva Myrdal

As a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the…

— Alva Myrdal

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.

— Alva Myrdal

If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.

— Alva Myrdal

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of…

— Alva Myrdal

marriage, home life, and children, ought to be enjoyed by men and women together. Nobody - and least of all the child…

— Alva Myrdal

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious…

— Alva Myrdal

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of…

— Alva Myrdal

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a…

— Alva Myrdal

It is frightening that in recent years such an increase has occurred in acts of terrorism, which have even reached peaceful countries…

— Alva Myrdal

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

— Alva Myrdal

It's not worthy o human beings to give up.

— Alva Myrdal

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only…

— Alva Myrdal

It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more…

— Alva Myrdal

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not…

— Alva Myrdal

The issue of comparative performances can be regarded as settled to-day, both scientifically and practically. Though differences in attitudes between men and…

— Alva Myrdal

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious…

— Alva Myrdal

It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous…

— Alva Myrdal

A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts…

— Alva Myrdal

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.

— Alva Myrdal

I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later,…

— Alva Myrdal

The smaller nations can in fact exercise greater influence on disarmament negotiations than they have hitherto done.

— Alva Myrdal