Politics Quote by James L. Stokesbury

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish…

— John F. Kennedy

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

— Ramsay MacDonald

“For Reuter, it was the last act of the Great War and something which reduced, if it did not remove, the shame of defeat…

— Andrew Marr

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

— George Bernard Shaw

“They had failed to understand that there was no such thing as private life in wartime Germany. No amount of reticence could change the…

— Hans Fallada

“...in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Ceasefire postpones war, disarmament instills peace.”

— Abhijit Naskar

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but…

— Livy

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“into battle. Arms are as capricious as the desert, and, if they are not used, the next time they might not function. If at…

— Paulo Coelho

“If this phrase the 'balance of power' is to always be an argument for war, the pretense for war will never be wanting, and…

— Joe Bright

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