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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.


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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.



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All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.



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Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.



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My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics



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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.



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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.



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It's not worthy o human beings to give up.



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The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.



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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.



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More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.





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It's always important for me as an actor to reflect human behavior for a sense of reality.



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