David Cortright Quotes

• Warmakers are often wrong. ... Peace advocates are sometimes right, especially when their ideas are not only morally sound but politically realistic

  David Cortright

  Ideas, Sound, Sometimes

  David Cortright (2008). “Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas”, p.4, Cambridge University Press

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• Reducir el peligro nuclear exigirá una oposición universal y coherente a todas las formas de desarrollo armamentístico.

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  Nuclear Disarmament, Development, Weapons

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• Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks moral authority and is seen as hypocritical. It is like preaching temperance from a bar stool.

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  Bars, Moral, Strategy

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• The risk of an all-out nuclear holocaust destroying all life on the planet has diminished, but the danger of actual nuclear weapons use has increased.

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  Holocaust, Risk, Nuclear

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• If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own reliance on nuclear weapons.

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  Country, United States, Nuclear

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• Verter armas en el caldero de guerra que se extiende corre el riesgo de exacerbar la crisis en Irak. Debe intentarse un proceso diplomático internacional plenamente integrador, y es urgente hacerlo ahora, antes de que el fuego de la guerra y la militancia se extienda aún más en la región.

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  Militar, Guerra, Fuego

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• In no circumstance would the United States or any other nation have the right to mount a military invasion to overthrow another government for the ostensible purpose of achieving disarmament. Rather, the United States would respect the Charter of the UN and would strive to achieve disarmament and settle the differences among nations through peaceful diplomatic means.

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  Military, Mean, Government

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