Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Almost all of the governments have agreed that they will not acquire nuclear weapons and that they will allow the International Atomic… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Here's how the court put it, and all judges agreed to this. The court said: "There exists and obligation to pursue in… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is an international treaty framework for this. It's the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Most countries in the world are members of… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
My group, the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, was one of the principle organizers. So, there was this campaign to support the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
You cannot cause disproportionate damage to the environment; you cannot harm neutral states. The court said that the threat or use of… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The countries outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty also are bound by that obligation [ Article Six of the treaty] according to, at least… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The International Court of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) is the judicial branch of the United Nations and in the early 1990's a… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
As life nears its end with me, I find myself meditating more and more upon the mystery of its nature and origin, yet without… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Certainly in the United States, you have a constituency in the form of the weapons laboratories, and you also have the branches of the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When Darwin published his conclusion that man was descended from an apelike ancestor who was again descended from a still lower type, most people… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Science sees the process of evolution from the outside, as one might a train of cars going by, and resolves it into the physical… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Maybe that will happen with other countries as well. And so, that's why one of the things that groups like mine that work for… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One can only learn his powers of action by action, and his powers of thought by thinking — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
One can return to their place of birth, but one cannot go back to your youth. — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
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