Archive for Speeches
Speech on poverty for Berlin
In 1945, with the smoke still clearing after the worst war in human history, the founders of the United Nations wrote Article 26 in the UN Charter which says and I quote “In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human [...]
Speech for Berlin on breaking down cultural walls
It is a pleasure for me to represent the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Dr. Schweitzer remains familiar to many of you here in Germany and throughout Europe as he was a very famous theologian, philosopher, and musician at the turn of the 20th century. He was famed for his lectures and [...]
Talk on nuclear weapons for Berlin
It is my pleasure and honor to represent the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Many people in Europe and especially in France and Germany will know that he comes from what is now the French province of Alsace. He was known as a prominent theologian, philosopher, and an expert on the organ [...]
Global Security Institute
A Moment to Seize
1. We have found ways of utilizing the gifts of science, technology and complex social
organization to transform the natural world. From the sub-atomic realms and the basic
building blocks of life all the way to the vast firmaments above us we have invented ways and
means to harm and destroy ourselves. We also have [...]
Panel about nuclear weapons and armament
Good Morning.
The one thing that comes to my mind when I think about working on
nuclear disarmament with other young people today is “what a time to be
doing this!”
And indeed, it is a great time for young people to become active on
nuclear disarmament, because for the first time since too many years,
their enthusiasm for a world [...]
Albert Schweitzer Institute
Gorbachev Foundation
