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Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be…
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Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now.
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Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in…
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The spread of democracy is a wonderful thing-it is a necessary foundation for peace-and it can happen. But it cannot be advanced…
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Every person is the right person to act. Every moment is the right moment to begin.
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The use of a mere dozen nuclear weapons ... would be a human catastrophe without parallel. ... Because so few weapons can…
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[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency…
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No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course.
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To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
— Charlie Chaplin
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Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in…
— Jonathan Schell
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Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.
— Newell Dwight Hillis
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Anyone is capable of anything (will plus belief is ability) if they themselves create the opportune moment and incentive. Heaven gives no…
— Austin Osman Spare
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If the communications media are a good destined for all humanity, then ever-new means must be found - including recourse to opportune…
— Pope John Paul II
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The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war.
— David Ben-Gurion
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Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
— Hesiod
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Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.
— Bell Hooks
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