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War Quotes by Herman Kahn
- Anything that reduces war-related destruction should not be considered altogether immoral.
- For some years I have spent my time on exactly these questions - both in thinking about ways to prevent war, and in thinking about…
- In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of…
- New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war.
- Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.
- The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or…
- World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race.
- From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a…
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