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Peace doesn't come through hope, prayer or time; we have to reach out and grasp what is within reach.
The H-Bomb is Absolute or total in its physical power. The United World Government is Absolute or total in its spiritual or qualitative power.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
Yesterday's science fiction is today's prosaic, everyday reality.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
I would secede from the old and declare the new.
My Country is the World (1984)
As law... seeks to express man's moral nature... certain laws may be regarded as "good" and others... "bad," depending on their conformity with accepted moral standards.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
Til now the common social contract which links you dialectically to Mankind has not been precisely formulated. ...[w] have declared existent a government which transcends the nation-state.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
Killing is murder; plundering is thievery; destroying another's property is criminal. Yet for the soldier killing is essential, plundering is standard practice, destroying property is "winning the battle."
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
Here we are, in one little world, one planet... Everybody agrees that world government is the logical solution...
Why am I killing people in their homes... schools and factories..? Why wasn't I arrested for killing people? Whey weren't they?
Upon bombing the city of Brandenburg (1945)
If you have any restrictions artificially imposed on your own free intelligence, I want this book to be the rubber stamp which reads: The above restriction is hereby removed. ...It is an act of faith.
My Country is the World (1984)
I have 58 years of material here and he's only given me twenty minutes on this stand. ...I'll talk to you later.
Toronto World Wisdom Conference (2007)
A lot of times it works, and a lot of times it doesn’t, and we make no bones about that... But if you’re dealing with bureaucrats who recognize documents rather than human beings, then we will issue the documents. And if the bureaucrat doesn’t recognize it, whose fault is that?
I no longer find it compatible with my inner convictions to be a party to the inevitable annihilation of our civilization, by remaining solely loyal to one sovereign nation state...
My Country is the World (1984)
Dedicated to those humans who... gazed... at the blue globe called "home," seeing no artificial boundaries, nations or races... experiencing the epiphanous... wholeness or holiness of their fated mission in infinite space.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
[T]he H-bomb exists because... we only consider ourselves as belonging to a part of the whole... So the H-Bomb is a mere reflection of our ignorance...
Letters to World Citizens (2004)
[W]e have opened roll books. Our names and the names of those who stand with us are inscribed thereon. ...[W]e are issuing passports to identify each citizen who stands with us.
Letters to World Citizens (2004)