It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them.

She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician. From 1950 to 1955 Alva Myrdal was chairman of UNESCO's social science section—the first woman to hold such prominent positions in the UN.