Nuclear weapons Quotes · Page 8

Under both international and domestic law, the United States is authorized to have nuclear weapons.

— Ted Lieu

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.

— Yoshiro Mori

On many issues, including on the use of nuclear weapons, it is not clear where [Donald] Trump stands, due to his contradictory…

— Donald Trump

“Earth is the play ground of our children and their children. We cannot allow it to be the play ground of the…

— Amit Ray

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.

— Shimon Peres

The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.

— Oscar Arias

“The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally.”

— Vipin Narang

Since Europe is dependent on imports of energy and most of its raw materials, it can be subdued, if not quite conquered,…

— Barbara Amiel

In spite of nuclear weapons, large numbers of American citizens feel totally insecure. And in spite of so much wealth, industry and…

— Satish Kumar

My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more…

— Herman Kahn

I actually believe that we need missile defense, because of Iran and North Korea and the potential for them to obtain or…

— Barack Obama

I don't think anybody who is already with Donald Trump is going to be peeled off by his not knowing about NATO…

— James Fallows

Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons.…

— Noam Chomsky

Iran is the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East. Iran remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, continues its…

— James Inhofe

Most Americans will be horrified that President Obama is compromising our deterrent to chemical and biological attacks on this country. Our allies…

— Frank Gaffney

In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological…

— Hillary Clinton

“[Andrei Sakharov] won his Nobel in 1975 for demanding a halt to the testing of nuclear weapons. He, of course, had already…

— Kurt Vonnegut

My main contribution was to demolish the myths that India couldn't economically afford nuclear weapons. Of course I made these political arguments…

— Subramanian Swamy

I don't think that within a certain amount of time we can get rid of all nuclear weapons. But I do believe…

— Sam Nunn

Tell me a country that is doing well and has a great leader? You look at the nuclear weapons all over the…

— Robert Downey, Sr

I will not sleep fine if Donald Trump wins and I will not sleep fine is Hillary Clinton wins. Whether you are…

— Jill Stein

At this crucial crossroads of history, we join to call on the world to recognize that violence begets violence; that nuclear proliferation…

— David Saperstein

You have to negotiate from positions of strength. And right now with Iran, we're not negotiating from a position of strength. The…

— John Bolton

“Can there be any question that the human is the least harmonious beast in the forest and the creature most toxic to…

— Randy Thornhorn

If we hadn't had nuclear weapons, we would have had to have a much larger conventional army.

— John Mearsheimer

No amount of sanctioning will persuade North Korea to give up nuclear weapons, nor will China step up and solve the problem…

— Richard N. Haass

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.

— Anonymous

The world should be very clear about making sure that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, period.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Hawks and doves have long found common ground opposing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states.

— Michael Shellenberger

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

— Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Trump's idea that more nations should get nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea.

— Tim Kaine

It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own…

— Kim Young-sam

To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to fix bolts in…

— Marilyn French

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror.

— George Wald

Until the ayatollahs that run Iran give up the pursuit of nuclear weapons, we cannot and should not ease the pressure on…

— Will Hurd

Some amount of fear of nuclear weapons is necessary for nuclear deterrence to work.

— Michael Shellenberger

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

I very strongly supported the agreement which makes certain that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.

— Bernie Sanders

My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.

— James Mercer