I knew we were going to pass one of the Soviet Union’s…

The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from…

— Carl Sagan

This whole notion that the robot has to declare nuclear war is one part of the discussion, but it may not be reality. Reality…

— Neill Blomkamp

Environmental scientists also show us clearly that from the environmental and ecological points of view that nuclear war is not preventable. The only way…

— Tadatoshi Akiba

As difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or…

— Graciela Chichilnisky

Some programs have been theatrical masterpieces, but all we're seeing is the negative side of nuclear war.

— Barry Goldwater

“The fact is that the estimate of fatalities, in terms of what was calculable at that time—even before the discovery of nuclear winter—was a…

— Daniel Ellsberg

today's children are the first generation to grow up in a world that has the power to destroy itself.

— Margaret Mead

In some ways more painful is the fact that their experience appears to be fading from the collective memory of humankind. Having never experienced…

— Tadatoshi Akiba

“The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis came well before the current age of AI, yet computers were in use and technology played a critical role…

— James Rickards

There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But…

— Wesley Clark

Without perestroika, the cold war simply would not have ended. But the world could not continue developing as it had, with the stark menace…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears.

— Henry A. Kissinger

“A political battle is merely a skirmish fought with muskets; a philosophical battle is a nuclear war.”

— Ayn Rand

wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

“global thermonuclear war”

— Genevieve Cogman