Anne Reid Quotes

If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.

Among pacifists it was above all the English who always insisted on the importance of disarmament. They said that the man in the street would not understand the kind of pacifism that neglected to demand immediate restriction of armaments.

All nations must come to the decision to renounce force as a final resort of policy. If they are not prepared to do this, they will cease to exist.

If peace should break out, what are we going to do with all these weapons.

The pens which write against disarmament are made with the same steel from which guns are made.

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 this quest.

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

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

One cannot abolish only a single weapon, but only war as a whole.

The core of detente [with Russia] is the reduction in arms.

Arms control has to have a future, or none of us does.

Disarmament offers the only effective way to bring militarism under control.

all nations must disarm at the same time. It will not do at all … that some nations shall lay down their arms while others, their neighbours, remain armed. The peace of the world must be brought about by international agreement. All nations must agree to disarm simultaneously…

We still have to deal as an organization of labor with the number one problem facing the people of this nation and every nation: that of war or peace; an armament race or disarmament; higher or lower living standards for all the world’s people;

Peace is not just a matter of the absence of violence. It is also necessarily about removing the potential for violence – namely the uncontrolled possession of weapons. It would be naive to believe that anybody can be at ease when it is known that a potential opponent is stockpiling arms, even if the latter swears on whatever he or she believes, that the weapons will not be used. Weapons are meant to be used and pretexts will eventually be found for their use at some point or the other.

We want a rocket-free country. That’s what we want.

The demilitarization of Europe—where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it—has gone from the blessing of the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st.

We believe in peace in the settlement of all disputes through peaceful means, in the abolition of war, and, more particularly, nuclear war.

The leaders of the world face no greater task than that of avoiding nuclear war. While preserving the cause of freedom, we must seek abolition of war through programs of general and complete disarmament. The Test-Ban Treaty of 1963 represents a significant beginning in this immense undertaking.

We don't need military weapons in our society. We're not supposed to be at war with one another.

Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament.

A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing.

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.