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"It is easy to say that everyone is in favor of nuclear disarmament and that nobody wants nuclear war."

— Jo Vallentine

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"I think our children and children everywhere deserve a more positive view of the future and their place in it."

"It is ironic that a government which claims to be doing more for disarmament than any other government encourages the development of Roxby Downs, the largest uranium mine in the Western world."

"We need to be rid of the addiction of militarism, which is wildly excessive, out of control, and which must be confronted or surely it will annihilate us spiritually if not physically, especially because this excess occurs at the expense of present pressing needs of human beings."

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