Top 161 Disarmament Quotes & Sayings

The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.

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

Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.

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

I abhor Saddam's regime, but the basis has to be disarmament.

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

To stand up for peace and against war and for disarmament is very courageous here in America.

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

Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.

Barack Obama has injected fresh momentum into efforts - stalled for a decade - to bring about nuclear disarmament.

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

There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks between nations . . . What I want to do is to disarm the mind. After that, everything else will automatically follow. The ultimate weapon for such mental disarmament is international education.

Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.

In the age when the atom has been split, the moon encircled, diseases conquered, is disarmament so difficult a matter that it must remain a distant dream?

Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.

Disarmament requires trust.

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

In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control.

Defeatism about the feasibility of plans for disarmament and ordered peace has been the most calamitious of all the errors made by democratic governments in modern times.

Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind. Its success would strengthen international peace and security. It would free up vast and much-needed resources for social and economic development. It would advance the rule of law.

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

I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.

Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard.

The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history.

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

There is an urgent need for disarmament of all kinds, but especially nuclear disarmament.

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

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us...No longer is the quest for disarmament a sign of weakness, (nor) the destruction of arms a dream - it is a practical matter of life or death. The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race.

In no circumstance would the United States or any other nation have the right to mount a military invasion to overthrow another government for the ostensible purpose of achieving disarmament. Rather, the United States would respect the Charter of the UN and would strive to achieve disarmament and settle the differences among nations through peaceful diplomatic means.

No disarmament regime is foolproof, and it was always understood that Assad likely hid some elements of his chemical weapons production capacity from inspectors.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

Disarmament by war and democracy by occupation are difficult prospects.

The salvation of the world ultimately lies in moving towards universal nuclear disarmament, but that's a long distance away.

I joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1980s and protested at Greenham Common.

Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.

So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible.

The total elimination of nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations.

Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament-but only in enemy countries, not in his own.

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

Obama spent the first two years of his administration practicing political unilateral disarmament.

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all.

Disarmament without checks is but a shadow - and a community without law is but a shell.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

We should put away the militaristic outlook. The U.S. should start talking about disarmament, nuclear disarmament, of the region.

If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.

The popular, and one may say naive, idea is that peace can be secured by disarmament and that disarmament must therefore precede the attainment of absolute security and lasting peace.

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

Disarmament or limitation of armaments, which depends on the progress made on security, also contributes to the maintenance of peace.

As for total disarmament, there are almost 50,000 nuclear weapons in the world today; even if they were banned, not all would be destroyed.

I support a very active programme on disarmament and arms control for Iraq, and of course every other country in the world... That does not require economic sanctions...I think we've got to take the risk and give up economic sanctions while hanging on to the disarmament programme and allow the Iraqis to get on with rebuilding their country.

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.

The smaller nations can in fact exercise greater influence on disarmament negotiations than they have hitherto done.

To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel.

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

As a first step there must be an offer to achieve equality of rights in disarmament by abolishing the weapons forbidden to the Central Powers by the Peace Treaties.

We shall never be able to effect physical disarmament until we have succeeded in effecting moral disarmament.

Unlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its disarmament, Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance - not even today - of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace.

Mick Jagger and I just really liked each other a lot. We talked all night. We had the same views on nuclear disarmament.

Arms control is by definition a rejection of disarmament.

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war.