Heroes for a Better World

Alva Myrdal
(1902-1986)

Swedish Diplomat, Politician, Writer
1982 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

birthdate: January 31
birthplace:
Uppsala, Sweden

QUOTES

The longing for peace is rooted in the hearts of all men.

I am intentionally not using the phrase 'striving for peace' too frequently. 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 leading the way to eternal peace, or solving all disputes among nations, so strong are the economic and political roots. Nor can it create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men. Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.

Because war and preparations for war have acquired legitimacy, and because of the tremendous proliferation of arms through production and export, so that they are now available more or less to all and sundry, right down to handguns and stilettos, the cult of violence has by now so permeated relations between people that we are compelled to witness as well an increase in everyday violence.

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major conflict are aimed at collective murder.

I have always regarded global development as a struggle between good and evil forces.

Dare we believe that the leaders of the world's great nations will wake up, will see the precipice towards which they are moving, and will change direction?

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.

 


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