For the elements have the property of moving back to their place in a straight line, but they have no properties which would cause them to remain where they are, or to move other-wise than in a straight line, These rectilinear motions of these four elements when returning to their original place are are of two kinds, either centrifugal,vziz. >the motion of the air and the fire; or centripedal,viz. > the motion of the earth, and the water; and when the elements have reached their original place, they remain at rest.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Get the process of negotiation away from the small specialized group that some people have called the "nuclear theologians". . . Only a few people can understand the nature of these weapons. . . This kept the whole discussion to a very limited group of people who, in a way, had assumed responsibility for saying whether we should live or die.
