Nations are unlikely to shed their means of self-protection in the absence of alternative ways to safeguard their legitimate interests. This can only be achieved through the progressive strengthening of international institutions under the United Nations and by creating a United Nations Peace force to enforce the peace as the disarmament process proceeds. It is an irony that the fictional character resided in a swamp, and the District of Criminals rests on a reclaimed swamp. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did, and it never will. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.