"Of course, some will say the goal [of……" — Jonathan Schell
"Of course, some will say the goal [of abolition] is a utopian dream of human perfection. We needn't worry. There will be more than enough sins left for everyone to commit after we have taken nuclear bombs away from ourselves."
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8 Quotes by Jonathan Schell
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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…
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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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The spread of democracy is a wonderful thing-it is a necessary foundation for peace-and it can happen. But it cannot…
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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…
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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…
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No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course.
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I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the…
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.
— Maya Angelou
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For centuries the Bible's emphasis on compassion and love for our neighbor has inspired institutional and governmental expressions of benevolent…
— Ronald Reagan
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My views and feelings (are) in favor of the abolition of war-and I hope it is practicable, by improving the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.…
— Karl Marx
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I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of…
— George Washington
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The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in…
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All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the…
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There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave…
— Margaret E. Knight
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For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of…
— Henry George
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I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a…
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