If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
ALAN CRANSTONThe explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster.
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The organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn’t work very well.
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Quite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.
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Having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
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I dont think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didnt achieve that much even at that time.
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You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
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I don’t think there’s any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.
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As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack.
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Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
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Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time.
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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
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The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events.
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Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America’s vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S.
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There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time.
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