Disarmament Quotes

149 Disarmament quotes by 100 unique authors

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.… — Joseph Rotblat
The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. — Elwyn Brooks White
The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery. — 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… — Bob Dylan
The pens which write against disarmament are made with the same steel from which guns are made. — Aristide Briand
We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament. — Ramsay MacDonald
Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart. — Richard Lamm
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… — Dalai Lama
To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel. — David Penhaligon
Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament. — Mohamed ElBaradei
After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials. So… — Susan Eisenhower
Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security. — Ban Ki-moon
The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any… — Ban Ki-moon
Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is… — Ban Ki-moon
Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind.… — Ban Ki-moon
Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations. — Ban Ki-moon
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in… — Ban Ki-moon
The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s. — Barton Gellman
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… — Arthur Henderson
It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system. — Arthur Henderson
In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into electricity.… — Stewart Brand
I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm… — Ed Miliband
For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was… — Susan Rice
Before I can go to sleep without worries, the World must go to sleep without weapons — Madeline Von Bouchard

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