Certainly in the United States, you have a constituency in the form of the weapons laboratories, and you also have the branches… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
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
Basically [United States and France] said "We will use nuclear weapons whenever it suits our purposes to do so." So this expansion… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The thing that I focus on because I don't think it gets enough attention is that among the world's major powers, there… — 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
The budget for nuclear forces in the United States is on the order of $25 billion or so. That includes warheads, delivery… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
In fact, the United States is building up its trident nuclear sub fleet in the Pacific, based at Bangor, Washington to build… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China -… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since… — 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
The story goes on in the sense that at a most basic level, the United States ignored, that is violated, the United… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
[Invading Iraq] is not the best way to make a safer world in which the United States would be a responsible partner,… — 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