“Eisenhower started his presidency on this same note, with a plea to avoid what he called the “burden of arms. . . . Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.””
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.””
“Hitler’s commitment to the V-2 advanced the pursuit of a moonshot by perhaps decades. Though Hitler had no expressed interest in reaching the moon, the uncomfortable fact is that the darkest shafts and foulest backwater of human savagery helped bring this loftiest of human dreams to reality.””
“Americans in the twenty-first century should read the “Natural Heritage” speech to understand conservation leadership at its best.””
F. BrinkleyF. Brinkley was a prominent British historian and writer, best known for his comprehensive work, 'A History of the Japanese People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era.' His writings p...