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In my family, we don't die till we're 100 years old. — Gunnar Myrdal

The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing. — Alva Myrdal

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

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

There is a third dimension to traveling, the longing for what is beyond. — Jan Myrdal

Education has in America's whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society. — Gunnar Myrdal

As a group, housewives to-day suffer more from social isolation and loss of purpose than any other social group, except, perhaps, the old. — Alva Myrdal

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics. — Alva Myrdal

Social taboos are shy like virtue; once lost, there is no remedy — Gunnar Myrdal

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

People don't realize the great happiness there is in living to be very old and together all the time. — Gunnar Myrdal

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

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. — Gunnar Myrdal

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

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy. — Alva Myrdal

Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities. — Gunnar Myrdal

The smaller nations can in fact exercise greater influence on disarmament negotiations than they have hitherto done. — Alva Myrdal

If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane. — Alva Myrdal

So many social changes are as irreversible as the reaction when sodium is thrown into water. — Gunnar Myrdal

America is conservative in fundamental principles ... but the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical. — Gunnar Myrdal

Traveling is like falling in love, the world is made new. — Jan Myrdal

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. — Alva Myrdal

In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others. — Gunnar Myrdal

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. — Alva Myrdal

It Is in the Agricultural Sector That the Battle for Long- Term Economic Development Will Be Won or Lost. — Gunnar Myrdal

All sudden and violent changes, whatever their causes or character, must tend to decrease the respect for status quo as a natural order of things. — Gunnar Myrdal

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men. — Alva Myrdal

As a forecaster, Marx shared the common destiny of all prophets: to be belied by events. — Gunnar Myrdal

Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces. — Gunnar Myrdal

It is no accident that the Victorian age, the heyday of conventionalism, was the cultural bloom of economic liberalism. — Gunnar Myrdal