Ban Ki-moon Quotes

It is because I believe that it is in the power of such nations to lead the world back into the paths of peace that I propose to devote myself to explaining what, in my opinion, can and should be done to banish the fear of war that hangs so heavily over the world.

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.

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;

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

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

It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.

Whether addressing immediate crises or building long-term foundations of peace, the United Nations will remain committed to solutions that advance the global good.

For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

We have a moral imperative to keep up the search for something better than mutual assured destruction.

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.

All of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons, must come to the abandonment of the use of force.

If it's radical to want an end to war and an end to violence, so that we can devote ourselves to the challenges of peace, then I'm pleased to call myself a radical.

We must halt the arms race before it halts humanity.

My short-term vision is the abolition of nuclear weapons. My long-term vision is the abolition of war.

Here is our opportunity and our challenge. If the nuclear powers are prepared to declare a truce, let us seize the moment to strengthen the institutions and procedures which will serve as the means for the pacific settlement of disputes among men.

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality.

Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.

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

Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.

You have indeed done much since the new century began to give shape and substance to the growing, the insistent desire that war may be banished from the earth.