Quote by Herman Kahn
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World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race. – Herman Kahn

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Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly. – Herman Kahn

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A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive – especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages. – Herman Kahn

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Technology
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It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it. – George McGovern

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The Cold War isnt thawing it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isnt sleeping it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. – Richard M. Nixon

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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s. – L. Neil Smith

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There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it. – Havelock Ellis

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