Paul Nitze quotes
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“One of the most dangerous forms of human error is forgetting what one is trying to achieve.”
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“We slow the progress of science today for all sorts of ethical reasons. Biomedicine could advance much faster if we abolished our rules on human experimentation in clinical trials, as Nazi researchers did.”
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“Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945 and in all probability prior to 1 November 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.”
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“I have been around at a time when important things needed to be done.”
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“The ultimate goal of the whole policy of peaceful co-existence was to make progress on the basic goal laid down by Lenin of a world largely composed of socialist, communist states, in which the Soviet Union would be the prime mover.”
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“Soviets always use words which mean almost the reverse of what they mean to us. So peaceful co-existence does not in any way mean peaceful.”
-- Paul NitzeSource : "Soviet Plans to Spread Communism". WGBH Educational Foundation Interview, lsopenvault01.wgbh.org. February 12, 1987.
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“The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them is costly and adds nothing to our security. I can think of no circumstances under which it would be wise for the United States to use nuclear weapons, even in retaliation for their prior use against us. What, for example, would our targets be? It is impossible to conceive of a target that could be hit without large-scale destruction of many innocent people?”
-- Paul Nitze
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Source : Agnes Martin (2005). “Schriften”, Cantz
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Source : In Observer 17 Aug. 1986
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“If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.”
Source : Song: Try Again, Album: I Care 4 U
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“Better to be too early and have to try again, than be too late and have to catch up.”
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Source : "The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder". Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.
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