Checks Quote by John F. Kennedy

There can be no true disarmament without peace, and there can be no real peace without very material disarmament.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of…

— Arthur Henderson

Inner disarmament, external disarmament; these must go together, you see. Peace is not just mere absence of violence - genuine peace must start in…

— Dalai Lama

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

— Ludwig Quidde

A world war - God forbid! - will leave only smoldering ashes as a mute testimony of a human race whose folly led inexorably…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Spiritually, compulsory disarmament has made us unmanly, and the presence of an alien army of occupation, employed with deadly effect to crush in us…

— Mahatma Gandhi

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that…

— Ludwig Quidde

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

— George Bernard Shaw

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

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake…

— Ban Ki-moon

We really are at the crossroads and [disarmament] will happen if people of goodwill all over the world raise their voices and take action…

— Jody Williams

The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first…

— Ludwig Quidde