QUOTES
Environmental
scientists also show us clearly that from the environmental and ecological points
of view that nuclear war is not preventable. The only way to get rid of this danger
is to abolish all nuclear weapons
Our
aim is to have a universal nuclear weapons convention signed by the year 2010
and ultimately abolish all nuclear weapons by the year 2020.
as long as we have nuclear weapons on this earth, one could claim that no real
life is actually thriving on the earth. We do not have life actualizing its fullest
potential as long as there are nuclear weapons.
What
the Hiroshima survivors are telling us is that no one else should ever go through
the experience they suffered. An atomic bombing creates a living hell on Earth
where the living envy the dead.”
In
some ways more painful is the fact that their experience appears to be fading
from the collective memory of humankind. Having never experienced an atomic bombing,
the vast majority around the world can only vaguely imagine such horror, and these
days, John Hersey’s Hiroshima and Jonathan Schell’s The Fate of the Earth are
all but forgotten. As predicted by the saying, ‘Those who cannot remember the
past are condemned to repeat it,’ the probability that nuclear weapons will be
used and the danger of nuclear war are increasing.”
“Passing on to younger generations
the memories and the will of those who suffered the bombing is the most important
step for humankind to survive in the 21st century,”
This
Aug. 6 ... is a time of inheritance, of awakening, and of commitment, in which
we inherit the commitment of the bomb victims to the abolition of nuclear weapons
and realization of genuine world peace,”
We
cannot and must not allow ourselves to have the message of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
fade completely from our minds, and we cannot allow our vision or ideals to fade,
either. For if we do, we have but one course left for us. And that flash of light
will not only rob us of our vision, but it will rob us of our lives, our progeny,
and our very existence.
