"For the love of God, for the love of your children and of the civilization to which you belong, cease this madness. You are mortal men. You are capable of error. You have no right to hold in your hands—there is no one wise enough and strong enough to hold in his hands—destructive power sufficient to put an end to civilized life on a great portion of our planet."
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George F. Kennan, cited in his obituary, "George Kennan dies at 101; devised Cold War policy", The Boston Globe (March 18, 2005); also in James Carroll, House of War (Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006), "Upstream", p. 581, note 140. ISBN 0618187804.
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