Alva Myrdal Quotes & Sayings

“My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics.”

“The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.”

“The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.”

“A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of 'balance' and 'deterrence'.”

“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.”

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

“The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men. But the striving, which at present has become so insistent, cannot lay claim to such an ambition as leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations.”

“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.”

“All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.”

“We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.”