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

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

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.

War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced.

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

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.