The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Alice Stewart [is] a much underestimated scientist who has been an indomitable challenger of the establishment and a thorn in the flesh of the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
If the militarily most powerful and least threatened states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Technology is driving us together. In many ways we are becoming like one family. With the global threats resulting from science and technology, the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
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