“York posed the question, how many nuclear weapons are needed to deter an adversary rational enough to be deterred? Concurring with Bundy’s… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“Jim Jones was a dedicated Esquire reader, and for him its January 1962 issue (which reached newsstands in December 1961) could not… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A nuclear war does not defend a country and it does not defend a system. I've put it the same way many… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
We will not prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of a worldwide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
“Issues of power, control, energy fuels, and political strength have become key themes in our current events. We have come a long… — Anodea Judith Copy Share Image
A Pentagon official once said the people who would actually push the button probably have never seen a person die. He said… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“Nuclear weapons could bring about the Book of Revelation in a matter of hours; they could do it today. Of course, no… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The fact that lately some circles, not less powerful by their small size, have been actively promoting certain theories, as dangerous as… — Alfonso Garcia Robles Copy Share Image
“Even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task; it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction –… — Nic Marks Copy Share Image
“In the context of 1948, 1984 seemed dreadfully convincing. But tyrants, after all, are mortal and circumstances change. Recent developments in Russia… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
As I came through medical school, it was very exciting because physicians were reaching out to each other, between the U.S. and… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“In the morning After taking cold shower —-what a mistake—- I look at the mirror. There, a funny guy, Grey hair, white… — Nanao Sakaki Copy Share Image
“Our gross national product, now, is over eight hundred billion dollars a year, but that GNP--if we should judge America by that--counts… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
“every direction. Those poor, unfortunate souls who didn’t die instantly suddenly found themselves blinded and burning and unable to move. Some would… — Joel C. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Submit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races in such a manner that our culture would remain intact… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
When the START 2 treaty has been implemented - and remember it has not yet been ratified - we will be left… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
The first thing that matters: I am a child of the eighties. I grew up in a neon wonderland of talking horses,… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Science is turning into a monastery for the Order of Capitulant Friars. Logical calculus is supposed to supersede man as moralist. We… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
The big damages come if the climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases turns out to be high causing greater global warming than current… — Raymond Pierrehumbert Copy Share Image
There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Mort drove one of those little hybrid cars that, when not running on gasoline, was fueled by idealism. It was made out… — Jim Butcher 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
“Eisenhower was certain any war with the Soviet Union would become a nuclear war, and any nuclear war would escalate into a… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Secretary Perry became the 19th secretary of defense and the first enlisted man to serve in that role. He had time in… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
This whole notion that the robot has to declare nuclear war is one part of the discussion, but it may not be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
The most important issues to address are the truly existential threats we face: climate change and nuclear war. On the former, the… — Noam Chomsky 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
Donald Trump's candidacy has been a source of anxiety for many reasons, but one stands out: the ability of the president to… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
[British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I would say the thing you can still see in Black Mirror is that I was probably traumatized by the specter of… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
We know that to wage a nuclear war today, for example, would be a form of suicide; or that to pollute the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Among all the methods, non-violence is most successful, and I strongly believe that only non-violence can set the true mood of peace… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Whoever is planning a nuclear war or seriously thinking about using nuclear weapons must directly be taken to a mental hospital! Mad… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
There are people on the left who say, Look, we can't let these atrocities go on, so let's enter the war and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image