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title: "14 Nuclear Attack Quotes by 13 authors"
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> [This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-rotblat/this-means-that-the-only-function-of-nuclear-weapons-while-they-exist/)

[Joseph Rotblat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-rotblat/)

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> [I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/i-think-all-of-you-know-there-is-no-adequate-defense-against-massive/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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> [“Bioterrorism was every bit as dangerous as a nuclear attack or”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-akart/bioterrorism-was-every-bit-as-dangerous-as-a-nuclear-attack-or/)

[Bobby Akart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-akart/)

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> [As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely targets of a nuclear attack. Now, however, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cranston/as-they-were-during-the-cold-war-urban-population-centers-remain-the/)

[Alan Cranston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cranston/)

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> [The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-north/the-united-nations-passed-so-called-sanctions-again-on-north-korea/)

[Oliver North](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-north/)

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> [“attack. “One of the awkward questions we faced was whether to reconstitute Congress after a nuclear attack,” a participant recalled years later.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrett-m-graff/attack-one-of-the-awkward-questions-we-faced-was-whether-to/)

[Garrett M. Graff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrett-m-graff/)

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> [As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who would be killed in a major nuclear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wald/as-far-as-i-know-the-most-conservative-estimates-of-the-number-of/)

[George Wald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wald/)

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> [ \[With\] military threats, you can see them actually, you can imagine it. People don't think about it enough. But if you think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/with-military-threats-you-can-see-them-actually-you-can-imagine-it/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [ Sooner or later there will be a nuclear 9/11 \[by Islamic terrorists\] in an American city or that of a US ally...… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-krieger/sooner-or-later-there-will-be-a-nuclear-9-11-by-islamic-terrorists-in/)

[David Krieger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-krieger/)

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> [As a little kid in the late 1960s, I was afraid of the world. Even if I didn't get caught in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/as-a-little-kid-in-the-late-1960s-i-was-afraid-of-the-world-even-if-i/)

[Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/)

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> [If you ask which of the scenarios I think is most dangerous, though, I will give a different answer. In that form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-l-casti/if-you-ask-which-of-the-scenarios-i-think-is-most-dangerous-though-i/)

[John L. Casti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-l-casti/)

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> [“There were unofficial discussions at the time about what would have happened if, heaven forbid, that nuclear warhead had exploded on American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sakyo-komatsu/there-were-unofficial-discussions-at-the-time-about-what-would-have/)

[Sakyo Komatsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sakyo-komatsu/)

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> [“Throughout the Cold War such priorities reflected a command environment in which —it was regarded as overwhelmingly more important to assure a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-ellsberg/throughout-the-cold-war-such-priorities-reflected-a-command/)

[Daniel Ellsberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-ellsberg/)

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> [At 2:26 AM on 3 June 1980, Colonel William Odom of the Strategic Air Command alerted National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stansfield-turner/at-2-26-am-on-3-june-1980-colonel-william-odom-of-the-strategic-air/)

[Stansfield Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stansfield-turner/)

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