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"There is only one question: When will I be blown up?"

— Nuclear war

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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William Faulkner, Speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature (December 10, 1950), regarding "a general and universal physical fear" in his generation. Quoted by James Baker, "America and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire: What Has to Be Done" (December 12, 1991), in Vital Speeches of the Day, vol. 58, no. 6 (January 1, 1992)

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William Faulkner, Speech accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature (December 10, 1950), regarding "a general and universal physical fear" in his generation. Quoted by James Baker, "America and the Collapse of the Soviet Empire: What Has to Be Done" (December 12, 1991), in Vital Speeches of the Day, vol. 58, no. 6 (January 1, 1992)