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.
ALAN CRANSTONUnprecedented 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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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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Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
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Now, however, an attack may come without warning from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
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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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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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The probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during the Cold War.
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An accidental military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
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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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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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You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.
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If we fail to act soon, the scars of a major nuclear disaster will mark our immediate and distant future.
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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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The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events.
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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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