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“There's a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter. Quite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.”

Quote by Alan Cranston

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Alan Cranston was a distinguished American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from California from 1959 to 1985. Renowned for his advocacy on environmental issues, civil rights, and his pivotal role in the establishment of the California Environmental Quality Act. more

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