If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
ALAN CRANSTONHaving 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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An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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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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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
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The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.
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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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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’s a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter.
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Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.
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There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time.
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As the Russian military deteriorates, and as rogue governments and terrorists seek to acquire nuclear capabilities, the threat continues to grow.
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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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Quite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.
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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.
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