Jo Vallentine

Josephine Vallentine (born 30 May 1946) is an Australian peace activist and politician, a former senator for Western Australia.

Quotes

• "I think our children and children everywhere deserve a more positive view of the future and their place in it."
• "It is easy to say that everyone is in favor of nuclear disarmament and that nobody wants nuclear war."
• "A very important concept escapes many Australians, including some politicians. It is that our country, knowingly or unknowingly, is engaged in preparations for fighting a nuclear war. There can be no mistake, no delusions and no cover-up about this very disturbing fact."
• "I think our children and children everywhere deserve a more positive view of the future and their place in it. They display such disillusionment and despair because they do not see us, their elders, and the politicians in this place, doing enough to guarantee safe custody of our fragile planet to future generations. They see most adults as being too concerned with the immediate, with the dollar, and most of us with no vision for the future."
• "It is ironic that a government which claims to be doing more for disarmament than any other government encourages the development of Roxby Downs, the largest uranium mine in the Western world."
• "We need to be rid of the addiction of militarism, which is wildly excessive, out of control, and which must be confronted or surely it will annihilate us spiritually if not physically, especially because this excess occurs at the expense of present pressing needs of human beings."
  • BUDGET STATEMENT AND PAPERS 1985-86, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved: November 23 2023.