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Nuclear Quotes by Ban Ki-moon
- Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create immense suffering and…
- For my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat on the horizon.…
- Nuclear disarmament is the only sane path to a safer world.
- Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
- We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. When we put an end to nuclear tests,…
- The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any…
- All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.
- Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is…
- Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all humankind.…
- We must eliminate all nuclear weapons in order to eliminate the grave risk they pose to our world. This will require persistent efforts by all…
- Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
- My U.N. five-point plan focuses on preventing proliferation, strengthening the legal regime, and ensuring nuclear safety and security - an effort that was given good…
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011 was an immense tragedy that sparked a global response. The international community came forward with aid to…
- People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination…
- The tragic nuclear accident at Fukushima underscored the urgent need to enhance nuclear safety and the international emergency response framework. I commend the International Atomic…
- Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
- Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.
- Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
- We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons.
- When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons.
- A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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- The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television. — Dave Barry
- No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian… — Joe Barton
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And… — Joe Barton
- The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979. — Wendell Berry
- This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. — Joe Biden
- Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're… — Joe Biden
- The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. — Tony Blair
- Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. — Tony Blair
- If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in… — John Bolton
- North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons. — John Bolton
- We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an… — John Bolton
- Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation can also… — Walther Bothe