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• Here's how the court put it, and all judges agreed to this. The court said: "There exists and obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations under nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control."

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  Nuclear Disarmament, Judging, Negotiation

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• The overall quantity of nuclear weapons in the world continues to decline slowly.

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  Nuclear, World, Weapons

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• The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties of the United States are part of the supreme law of the land along with the constitution itself and laws passed by Congress. Well, the US government certainly has not been acting in recent years as if treaties were part of the supreme law of the land.

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  Commitment, Law, Land

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• The five original nuclear weapon states I mentioned - U.S., Britain, France, China, and Russia - under the NPT have committed to the achievement of the elimination of their nuclear arsenals through good faith negotiations of nuclear disarmament - that's Article Six of the treaty.

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  Russia, Nuclear Disarmament, Achievement

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• Almost all of the governments have agreed that they will not acquire nuclear weapons and that they will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor their commercial and research nuclear power operations to ensure that nuclear materials - highly enriched uranium and plutonium - are not diverted to use in weapons.

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  Agency, Government, Energy

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• I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

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  Museums, Funeral, Feelings

  John Burroughs (1904). “The Writings of John Burroughs: Indoor studies”

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• Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

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  Keys, Two, Voice

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• Before the bud swells, before the grass springs, before the plough is started, comes the sugar harvest. It is sequel of the bitter frost; a sap run is the sweet goodbye of winter.

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  Goodbye, Running, Sweet

  John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.91, Syracuse University Press

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• If the October days were a cordial like the sub-acids of fruit, these are a tonic like the wine of iron. Drink deep or be careful how you taste this December vintage. The first sip may chill, but a full draught warms and invigorates.

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  Wine, Winter, Vintage

  John Burroughs, Farida Anna Wiley (1997). “John Burroughs' America: Selections from the Writings of the Naturalist”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• The floating vapour is just as true an illustration of the law of gravity as the falling avalanche.

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  Fall, Science, Illustration

  John Burroughs (1895). “Fresh Fields”

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• For two summers not a blue wing, not a blue warble. I seemed to miss something kindred and precious from my environment--the visible embodiment of the tender sky and wistful soil. What a loss, I said, to coming generations of dwellers in the country--no bluebird in spring!

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  Summer, Country, Spring

  Neltje Blanchan, John Burroughs (2016). “Bird Neighbors - An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes”, p.7, Read Books Ltd

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• O bluebird, welcome back again, Thy azure coat and ruddy vest, Are hues that April loveth best.

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  Hue, Coats, Azure

  John Burroughs (1909). “Bird Stories from Burroughs: Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs”

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• One may return to the place of his birth, He cannot go back to his youth.

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  Past, May, Return

  John Burroughs (1906). “Bird and Bough”

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• One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

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  Philosophy, Philosophical, Battle

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• In fact, the United States is building up its trident nuclear sub fleet in the Pacific, based at Bangor, Washington to build up its capabilities to wage nuclear war.

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  War, Building Up, United States

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• We've been in a period of relative stability and cooperation since the end of the Cold War among the world's major powers, but that may not always exist. And certainly one could even predict that there will be periods of hostility or tension ahead.

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  War, World, May

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• If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

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  Literature, Accepting, Guides

  John Burroughs (1913). “Writings”

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• It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the history has been for the United States and Russia especially that nuclear weapons have kind of become part of the identity of the countries.

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  Country, Powerful, Commitment

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• Somewhat by historical happenstance the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China - also were the original five countries to have nuclear weapons.

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  Country, Russia, Historical

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• Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it's very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons as a ticket to prestige.

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  Country, Views, India And Pakistan

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• I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture.

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  Rain, Thinking, Mind

  John Burroughs (2006). “Locusts and Wild Honey”, p.46, Wildside Press LLC

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• There is an international treaty framework for this. It's the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Most countries in the world are members of the treaty.

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  Country, Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear

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• All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl.

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  Summer, Winter, Night

  John Burroughs (2012). “In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs”, p.17, tredition

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