First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

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.

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

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.

It's not worthy o human beings to give up.

It is frightening that in recent years such an increase has occurred in acts of terrorism, which have even reached peaceful countries such as ours. And as a "remedy", more and more security forces are established to protect the lives of individual men and women.