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"To the extent that these advanced weapons or their components are treated as articles of commerce, perhaps for peaceful uses as in the Plowshare program, their cost would be well within the resources available to many large private organizations."
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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."
"Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity."
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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."
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