Alva Myrdal Quotes


I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.


Citations

Myrdal, Alva. "Disarmament, Technology and the Growth in Violence." NobelPrize.org, Nobel Prize Outreach, 11 Dec. 1982.

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Alva Myrdal
Alva Myrdal
  • Born: January 31, 1902
  • Died: February 1, 1986
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Profession: Politician, Sociologist, Diplomat

Alva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement. She, along with Alfonso García Robles, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924.