Mort drove one of those little hybrid cars that, when not running on gasoline, was fueled by idealism. It was made out… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Secretary Perry became the 19th secretary of defense and the first enlisted man to serve in that role. He had time in… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
The only good thing about nuclear war is that it is the single most egalitarian idea that man has ever had. On… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
An asteroid or a supervolcano could certainly destroy us, but we also face risks the dinosaurs never saw: An engineered virus, nuclear… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
This whole notion that the robot has to declare nuclear war is one part of the discussion, but it may not be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
Terrorists do not actually need nuclear weapons. They have been conveniently supplied with 103 nuclear power plants scattered throughout the United States… — Helen Caldicott Copy Share Image
In fact, we haven't ever really recalibrated our foreign policy commitments since the end of the Cold War. We still have alliances… — Kevin Gutzman Copy Share Image
“It was not unless one lifted one's gaze from all the allegedly normal events occurring before one's eyes and looked at the… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
“disrupted by the electromagnetic pulse of a nuclear weapon. If Green Pine was knocked out, SAC brought online in October 1967 the… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
“Seit Jahr und Tag ist notorisch, daß unsere Erde das vorausberechenbare Wachstum der Bevölkerung, die Erschöpfung der natürlichen Ressourcen und die Auszehrung… — Willy Brandt Copy Share Image
It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
...nuclear warfare is not necessary to cause a breakdown of our society. You take a large city like Los Angeles, New York,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“If you think atomic explosions in Asia wouldn't affect Americans, consider this. A study published in Scientific American in 2010 looked at… — Steve Sheinkin Copy Share Image
We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging… — Leonid Brezhnev Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary… — Elie Abel Copy Share Image
Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A nuclear war does not defend a country and it does not defend a system. I've put it the same way many… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“York posed the question, how many nuclear weapons are needed to deter an adversary rational enough to be deterred? Concurring with Bundy’s… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“Jim Jones was a dedicated Esquire reader, and for him its January 1962 issue (which reached newsstands in December 1961) could not… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
A Pentagon official once said the people who would actually push the button probably have never seen a person die. He said… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Submit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races in such a manner that our culture would remain intact… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“Issues of power, control, energy fuels, and political strength have become key themes in our current events. We have come a long… — Anodea Judith Copy Share Image
Science is turning into a monastery for the Order of Capitulant Friars. Logical calculus is supposed to supersede man as moralist. We… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
When the START 2 treaty has been implemented - and remember it has not yet been ratified - we will be left… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
The first thing that matters: I am a child of the eighties. I grew up in a neon wonderland of talking horses,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
“Whether it is an accident, terrorism or irresponsible push of a nuke button, we all know, the result is devastating. How to… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Much as Cold War nuclear strategists could argue about winning a nuclear war by having more survivors, advocates of a Global Warming… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
“I knew we were going to pass one of the Soviet Union’s most secret atomic sites, the subterranean labyrinth code-named Krasnoyarsk-26, once… — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image