Alan Cranston on definition
Alan Cranston25 quotes“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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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston 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.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Its operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Unless you have a sense of values that’s shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they’re going to exist. But they’re losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston The explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston 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.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
Alan CranstonAlan Cranston Quite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.
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If, as women, we accept a philosophy of history that asserts that women are by definition assimilated into the male universal,that we can understand our past through a male lens.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai Stevenson IIAdlai Stevenson II Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
Dallas WillardDallas Willard Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
Adam McKayAdam McKay The very definition of ‘beauty’ is outside.
Adam CarollaAdam Carolla To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
Denis DiderotDenis Diderot This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Once you define exactly what your purpose is you won’t even have to try to figure out how to make money. The ideas will flow freely as if someone was whispering in your ear. Everything will come together beautifully.
Bob ProctorBob Proctor
