Raymond Williams (1921–1988) philosopher
"The Politics of Nuclear Disarmament" (1980), in Resources of Hope (1989).
“To be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing.”
Resources of Hope (published posthumously in 1989), p. 118
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