Alva Myrdal

Diplomat

1902-01-31 – 1986-02-01

Alva Myrdal was a Swedish diplomat, sociologist, and politician who shared the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize for disarmament advocacy. She held senior roles in Swedish and international policy institutions. She died in 1986.

Quotes by Alva Myrdal

I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
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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.
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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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All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.
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