In the end, it was luck. We were *this* close to nuclear war, and luck prevented it. — Robert McNamara 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
“The mother can use a knife in the kitchen to chop vegetables and make a healthy meal, but if you give a… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Among other items, the directive—the full details of which are still classified—called for wider COOP planning within government and transferred responsibility for… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
"Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Most dads had hobbies that they passed down to their sons; hunting, fishing, auto repair. Dad’s hobby was nuclear war, which meant… — S.A. Bodeen 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
“At the end the threat of a nuclear war was enough to bring us together - isn't that romantic? Alright, maybe not.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Along with the possibility of extinction of mankind by nuclear war, the central problem of our age has therefore become the contamination… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last war, frankly, if it really gets out of hand.… — Lawrence Eagleburger Copy Share Image
“Google, you fucking ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off. Grand theft. I will spend my last dying breath if I… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
The entire world will be in nuclear war, and only the Swiss will be going, 'what's that noise?' — Robin Williams 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
Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Many foolish people believe that nuclear war cannot happen, because there can be no winner. However, the American war planners, who elevated… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
If nuclear warfare is believed to be somewhat controlled, then climate change is now the greatest threat. — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
“That’s the thing about the collapse of civilization, Blake. It never happens according to plan – there’s no slavering horde of zombies.… — Mark A. Rayner Copy Share Image
There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear… — Irwin Redlener Copy Share Image
It is most gratifying," it said, "that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated, and so we would like to assure you… — Douglas Adams 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
We have to risk a nuclear war in order to escape capitulation to Communism. For all I know, we may stumble into… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity. — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image