40 Quotes About Nuclear-war

  • Author Pat Frank
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    The white flashed back into a red ball in the southeast. They all knew what it was. It was Orlando, or McCoy Base, or both. It was the power supply for Timucuan County. Thus the lights went out, and in that moment civilization in Fort Repose retreated a hundred years. So ended The Day.

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  • Author Noam Chomsky
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    If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long. There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. This hypothetical Martian would probably conclude that human beings were an evolutionary error.

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  • Author Amit Ray
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    Whether it is an accident, terrorism or irresponsible push of a nuke button, we all know, the result is devastating. How to prevent nuclear explosions on earth? This is the most crucial political, moral, social, technical and spiritual question of our time.

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  • Author Kim Stanley Robinson
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    A Vietnam Memorial's worth of civilians in an instantaneous flash. . . .When the crew of the Enola Gay landed, they celebrated with a barbeque.

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