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They could take the money from building enough nukes to kill all the Russians in the world and give it to libraries. What good does an independent nuclear deterrent do Britain, compared to the good of libraries?
They could take the money from building enough nukes to kill all the Russians in the world and give it to libraries. What good does an independent nuclear deterrent do Britain, compared to the good of libraries?
Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
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- Jo Walton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1964 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jo Walton: documented birth year 1964; activity date not established. Wikidata Q438330, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438330 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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