"Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of……" — Bernard Lown
"Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims"
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13 Quotes by Bernard Lown
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Some of life's biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.
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I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make…
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We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to…
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We must convince each generation that they are transient passengers on this planet earth. It does not belong to them.…
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Martin Buber suggested that evil prevailed because of the inability of man to imagine the real. Yet human beings do…
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In my view, the lost art of listening and ignoring the patient as a human being is a quintessential failure…
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The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress. General acceptance…
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Once a new paradigm takes hold, its acceptance is extraordinarily rapid and one finds few who claim to have adhered…
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As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never…
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The International Declaration of Human Rights says the right to housing, health, education should be guaranteed to everyone. The moment…
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Nuclear bombs have made mass murder a reality. Nuclear bombs threaten humankind.
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Do as much as possible for the patient, and as little as possible to the patient.
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There is that unique moment when one confronts something new and astonishment begins.
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