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The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.


Stephen M. Walt

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WALT WHITMAN The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
WALT WHITMAN In the faces of men and women I see God.
WALT WHITMAN There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles an...
WALT WHITMAN The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
WALT WHITMAN Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with ...
WALT WHITMAN The real war will never get in the books.
WALT WHITMAN Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful strokes.
WALT WHITMAN If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred
WALT WHITMAN Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat a...
WALT WHITMAN If you done it, it ain't bragging.
WALT WHITMAN