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Anything that reduces war-related destruction should not be considered altogether immoral. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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Because of new technologies, new wealth, new conditions of domestic life and of international relations, unprecedented criteria and issues are coming up for national decision. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war. ↗

— Herman Kahn

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The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor. ↗

— John Thorn

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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. ↗

— Louis Kahn

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Experienced happiness refers to your feelings, to how happy you are as you live your life. In contrast, the satisfaction of the remembering self refers to your feelings when you think about your life. ↗

— Daniel Kahneman

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Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs. ↗

— Oliver Kahn

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