Nuclear weapons Quotes · Page 10

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

— Lord Mountbatten

For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.

— J. B. Pritzker

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you…

— Danny DeVito

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

— Anonymous

In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons.

— John Charles Polanyi

The total elimination of nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations.

— Antonio Guterres

The United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

— Barack Obama

There is a clear norm against the spread of nuclear weapons, but there is no consensus or treaty on what, if anything,…

— Richard N. Haass

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from…

— Kofi Annan

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually…

— Mitchell Reiss

“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

Our nuclear free status means that we decline to acquiesce in the strategies of nuclear deterrence. We will not turn a blind…

— David Lange

Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian…

— Vladimir Putin

Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

As a physician, I see the earth as a patient in the intensive care unit. We have an acute clinical crisis on…

— Helen Caldicott

The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth. Nuclear arms cannot bolster the security of…

— Oscar Arias

The marriage of reason and nightmare which has dominated the 20th century has given birth to an ever more ambiguous world. Across…

— J. G. Ballard

“Most important for the people of 13, it was the center of the Capitol’s nuclear weapons development program. During the Dark Days,…

— Suzanne Collins

“The phone rang and Archie announced, "The Russians would like to see a typical Canadian home, so I am bringing them home…

— Helen Goldie

I'm gonna share with you a vision that I had, cause I love you. And you feel it. You know all that…

— Bill Hicks

So the idea about how detonation of a nuclear weapon might happen vary, you know - some people are especially concerned about…

— John Burroughs

Religion has no mundane power like nuclear weapons, atom bombs and guns; its dimension is totally different. Religion is not a will…

— OSHO

Eisenhower provided the first break in the Cold War, by bringing Khrushchev to the United States, in humanizing the Soviets; and then…

— Robert Scheer

All nations that have nuclear weapons think that they are responsible and it is the other guys who are irresponsible.

— Joseph Cirincione

Nuclear weaponry, of course, would be the be-all, end-all of just too many people in too many parts of our planet.

— Sarah Palin

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

— Eisaku Sato

Iran - the world's leading sponsor of terrorism - is close to having nuclear weapons.

— Newt Gingrich

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve…

— Dave Barry

This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.

— Joseph Rotblat

It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used.

— Arundhati Roy

The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

— Daniel Fried

Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.

— Stephen Hawking

What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North…

— Lee Myung-bak

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

— Joseph Rotblat

We are one with God and He loves us. Now if that isn't a hazard to this country-How're we gonna keep building…

— Bill Hicks

The implied threat of using nuclear weapons to curb guerrillas was as absurd as to talk of using a sledge hammer to…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

Iran said it will give up trying to make a nuclear weapon. But it got awkward when Iran said, 'But just for…

— Jimmy Fallon

I think that Iran with a nuclear weapon is extremely destabilizing. I think it could precipitate a nuclear arms race in the…

— Robert M. Gates