If any influential nation had the great spiritual strength to lay down its arms and appear with clean hands before the world, the world would be changed. I see no evidence that any influential nations has such great spiritual strength and courage. Therefore disarmament will be a slow process, motivated by the wish to survive.
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (ed. Friends of Peace PIlgrim, 1992) - ISBN: 9780943734293