“Summits like those in Geneva promote hope. But hope without action is hopeless.”
Nobel Peace Prize acceptance (1985)
Context: Summits like those in Geneva promote hope. But hope without action is hopeless. Our enthusiasm for the positive spirit in these deliberations must not blind us to the absence of genuine progress toward disarmament. Twenty-four nuclear bombs are being added weekly to world arsenals.
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