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John Kenneth Galbraith : Both we and the Soviets face the common threat of nuclear destruction and there is no likelihood that either capitalism or communism will survive a nuclear war. # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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John Kenneth Galbraith : " A nuclear war does not defend a country and it does not defend a system. I've put it the same way many times; not even the most accomplished ideologue will be able to tell the difference between the ashes of capitalism and the ashes of communism. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Marcel Pagnol : " My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Joseph Stalin : " What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Sir Ronald Mason : " The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Carl Edward Sagan : " We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth? " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Sergei Akhromeyev : " If both sides reduced their long-range missiles by 50%, SDI would be an unacceptable threat to the remaining Soviet rocket forces. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Ronald Reagan : " So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride -- the temptation blithely to declare yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong, good and evil. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Vladimir Putin : " A superpower is a cold war term. When people today say that Russia aspires to have this status, I interpret it in the following way: they want to undermine trust in Russia, to portray Russia as frightening, and create some kind of image of an enemy. ... Russia is in favor of a multipolar world, a democratic world order, strengthening the system of international law, and for developing a legal system in which any small country, even a very small country, can feel itself secure, as if behind a stone wall. ... Russia is ready to become part of this multipolar world and guarantee that the international community observes these rules. And not as a superpower with special rights, but rather as an equal among equals. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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John Edwards : " Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally, Israel. For more than two decades, Saddam Hussein has sought weapons of mass destruction through every available means. We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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Errol Morris : " I believe that historical analogies are always wrong. This a long discussion, but, to me, the most dangerous thing about Chamberlain’s capitulation to Hitler at Munich is not the fact that Munich happened and it led to further Nazi aggression and so on and so forth, but that the example of Munich has been used to support thousands upon thousands of bad policies and inappropriate decisions. LeMay called JFK’s recommendation for a “quarantine” (that is, a blockade) in the Cuban Missile Crisis “worse than Munich”. Would nuclear war have been a better alternative? But nuclear war was averted by Kennedy’s policies. And thirty years later the Soviet Union collapsed without the need for nuclear war. Was LeMay right? I don’t think so. But again, the example of Munich was invoked to justify the invasion of Iraq. Appeasing Saddam, appeasing Hitler. The use of the Munich analogy does not clarify, it obscures. History is like the weather. Themes do repeat themselves, but never in the same way. And analogies became rhetorical flourishes and sad ex post facto justifications rather than explanations. In the end, they explain nothing. " # World Affairs # War # Capitalism

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error." # Mistakes

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " More die in the United States from too much food that from too little." # Food and Eating # Death and Dying # America

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists." # Economy and Economics

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." # Thoughts and Thinking

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " Washington is a place where people praise courage and act on elaborate personal cost-benefit calculations." # Courage

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." # Meetings

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " A person buying ordinary products in a supermarket is in touch with his deepest emotions." # Pornography

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " Few people at the beginning of the ninteenth century needed an adman to tell them what they wanted." # Truth

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " Technology means the systematic application of scientific or other organized knowledge to practical tasks." # Science and Scientists

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John Kenneth Galbraith: " The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." # Superstition

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