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What is required is a new mindset and a change of heart, to be able to see the person across the ocean as our neighbour.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Consider also our approach to the sanctity and value of human life.
Nobel lecture (2005)
I think the ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border.
Breaking the Cycle (2003)
If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.
Saving Ourselves From Self-Destruction (2004)
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.
My sister-in-law and I are working towards the same goal, through different paths: the security of the human family.
Nobel lecture (2005)
These projects, and a thousand others, exemplify the IAEA ideal: Atoms for Peace.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Today, with globalization bringing us ever closer together, if we choose to ignore the insecurities of some, they will soon become the insecurities of all.
Nobel lecture (2005)
Are these goals realistic and within reach? I do believe they are.
Nobel lecture (2005)
I very much believe that we share the same human values...
Breaking the Cycle (2003)
What is more important is that these are not separate or distinct threats. When we scratch the surface, we find them closely connected and interrelated.
Nobel lecture (2005)
The International Atomic Energy Agency and I are humbled, proud, delighted and above all strengthened in our resolve by this most worthy of honours.
Nobel lecture (2005)
You remember that book called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? … Well that's very much true. I find a lot in common in the way I manage things and the way she manages three-year olds. We humans are the same when we are three years old and when we are 50!
Breaking the Cycle (2003)
We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security — and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use.
Saving Ourselves From Self-Destruction (2004)
Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon – and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank – and Gaza in particular.
We still have 27,000 warheads in existence. I believe this is 27,000 too many.
Nobel lecture (2005)
I have hope because the positive aspects of globalization are enabling nations and peoples to become politically, economically and socially interdependent, making war an increasingly unacceptable option.
Nobel lecture (2005)
We have experienced first hand the unique nature of the human family and the common values we all share. Shakespeare speaks of every single member of that family … when he asks: "If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?"