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. Alva Myrdal More Quotes by Alva Myrdal More Quotes From Alva Myrdal 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. Alva Myrdal cooperation men lying All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial. Alva Myrdal nuclear learning weapons The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized. Alva Myrdal process age civilization If they [women] are to be integrated more fully into our society than has been the case so far, changes in individual attitudes of both men and women, adjustments in the labor market, and action by public authorities, will all be necessary. Alva Myrdal our-society attitude 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. Alva Myrdal preparation military war It's not worthy o human beings to give up. Alva Myrdal worthy giving-up inspirational More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament. Alva Myrdal causes done order It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them. Alva Myrdal government country people The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion. Alva Myrdal nuclear victory age 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. Alva Myrdal media violence mind As a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the old. Alva Myrdal wife suffering loss 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. Alva Myrdal men country years If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane. Alva Myrdal police insane race My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics Alva Myrdal ethics life-is philosophy marriage, home life, and children, ought to be enjoyed by men and women together. Nobody - and least of all the child - is served by the present tendency to put these things all on one side as 'Woman's World. Alva Myrdal equality home children The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing. Alva Myrdal invention communication discovery 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. Alva Myrdal preparation war people War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. Alva Myrdal preparation kind war the patriarchal family, with its division of functions between a providing and protective father and a home-making, submissive mother, however satisfactory it may have been in its time, has outlived its day. Bread-winning is no longer a monopoly of men, and home-making should no longer be the monopoly of women. Alva Myrdal mother home father Though it is fairly easy to describe what constitutes a bad home, there is no simple definition of a good one. Conformity with the traditional pattern certainly is no guarantee of the happiest results. Alva Myrdal family simple home
