Nuclear weapons Quotes · Page 11

Britain's independent possession of nuclear weapons has turned into a political touchstone for commitment to national defense, but this is an illusion.

— Crispin Blunt

I do not agree that South Korea needs to develop our own nuclear weapons or relocate tactical nuclear weapons in the face…

— Moon Jae-in

The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.

— Antonio Guterres

There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks…

— Charles Horner

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

— John Bolton

Designing new low-yield nuclear weapons for limited strikes dangerously lowers the threshold for their use.

— Dianne Feinstein

Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.

— Peter Maurer

For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.

— J. B. Pritzker

Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human…

— Robert McNamara

In addition to deep divisions on issues such as trade, climate change, Middle East peace and nuclear weapons, Trump's attacks on leaders…

— Ben Rhodes

Everybody says, "Well, if it's a democracy, let them have nuclear weapons." America is the only country that has ever used nuclear…

— Robert Scheer

There's no question but that a nuclear Iran, a nuclear-capable Iran is unacceptable to America. It presents a threat not only to…

— Mitt Romney

The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the…

— Joseph Rotblat

We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or…

— Vladimir Putin

If North Korea is allowed to maintain its nuclear weapons programs, other nations may well follow suit and some may buy such…

— Robert F Ellsworth

It was about the compelling need to make countries get along to prevent war, in contrast with the totally petty and selfish…

— Jay Roach

On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time…

— Edward Condon

It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has…

— Tony Blair

In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten…

— Bertrand Russell

It would seem to be the case that pressure on Iran to acquire nuclear weapons is almost totally driven by their need…

— Richard A. Falk

The biggest problem this world has today is not President [Barack] Obama with global warming, which is inconceivable, this is what he's…

— Donald Trump

“One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of…

— James Lovelock

At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of…

— David Krieger

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you…

— Danny DeVito

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

— Lord Mountbatten

It is deterrence that has prevented the use of nuclear weapons by all states that possess them since 1945.

— Tom Malinowski

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

This is a serious problem that will lead to a serious debate about the first amendment.

— Newt Gingrich

Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.

— Valerie Plame

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.

— Mitchell Reiss

Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing…

— Martin Van Creveld

Lawyers are like nuclear weapons. By all rights they shouldn't exist, but if some people have them, then you'd better have one,…

— John Gierach

The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.

— Robert McNamara

[Should] Iraq acquire fissile material, it would be able to build a nuclear weapon within a year.

— George W. Bush

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in…

— Madeleine Albright

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

— Hillary Clinton

The purpose of nuclear weapons is to deter. The mission of deterrence to make all parties in possession of nuclear weapons never,…

— Rick Wilson

Since the advent of nuclear weapons, it seems clear that there is no longer any alternative to peace, if there is to…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Hillary Clinton] worked a tough negotiation with nations around the world to eliminate the Iranian nuclear weapons program without firing a shot.

— Tim Kaine