[Nuclear war]... may not be desirable.

To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

— Sun Tzu

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

We could not wipe ourselves out with a nuclear war. I do not want so sound too positive. It would be a catastrophe, but…

— Rusty Schweickart

“Whoever is planning a nuclear war or seriously thinking about using nuclear weapons must directly be taken to a mental hospital! Mad people are…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Could anyone in his right mind speak seriously of any limited nuclear war? It should be quite clear that the aggressor's actions will instantly…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

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

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

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

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

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

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

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

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

My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I…

— Daniel Ellsberg