Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
Interpretation
Nuclear disarmament ensures a safer future for upcoming generations.
Ban Ki-Moon emphasizes the importance of nuclear disarmament as a vital legacy that we owe to future generations. It reflects the responsibility of the current generation to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons, thereby promoting peace and security for the world to come.
In practice
During a conference on global security, one might use this quote to emphasize the importance of nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and unwanted change in the world forever. This prospect should compel all of us to act to prevent such a catastrophe.
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Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare.
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He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.
You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only my kind." Bast leaned closer still, Chronicler smelled flowers on his breath. "You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.
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What can I say without touching the earth with my hands?
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age - regardless of how they look on the outside - pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.
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