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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Ronald Reagan
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more
violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in
the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein

Women at that time were supposed to look pretty and throw little
handkerchiefs around... well, I couldn\'t play that role.
Louise Nevelson

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us
nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind
and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons
impotent and obsolete.
Ronald Reagan