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The idea of being a foreign correspondent and wandering the world and witnessing great events, having adventures and covering the activities of world leaders, appealed to me greatly. It was a very glamorous life in those days.

~Alan Cranston

Topics: Activities Adventures Appealed Being Correspondent Covering Days Events Foreign Glamorous Great Greatly Having Idea Leaders Life Me Those Very Wandering Witnessing World

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I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didn't achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.

~Alan Cranston

Topics: Achieve Better Better World Days Enough Even Extent Freeze Give Hope Just Major More Much People Really Think Time Vision Worked World You

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There will always be nations. The United States will last a long, long time, I believe. France and Germany and Japan, China, other nations, they're going to exist. But they're losing their significance and ability to deal with certain matters.

~Alan Cranston

Topics: Ability Always Believe Certain China Deal Exist France Germany Going Japan Last Long Long Time Losing Matters Nations Other Significance States Time United United States Will I Believe

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Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values, the organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn't work very well.

~Alan Cranston

Topics: Certain Certain Things Citizen Corporation Group Just Loose Nation Organization Own People Sense Sets Shared Them Things Those Turns Unless Values Very Well Whether Within Work You

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I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done.

~Alan Cranston

Topics: Any Definition Does Done Effective Feel How Learn Need Needs People Persuade Political Practicality Think Vision Work You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: June 19th, 1914

Died: December 31st, 2000

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