If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
I have always regarded global development as a struggle between the forces of good and evil. Not to be simplified as a struggle between Jesus and Satan, since I do not consider that the process is restricted to our own sphere of culture. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
The world generally speaking is now drifting on a more and more devastating course towards the absurd target of extermination – or rather, to be more exact – of the northern hemisphere’s towns, fields, and the people who have developed our civilization. Alva Myrdal Read Quote
