Nuclear War Quotes

93 Nuclear War quotes by 74 unique authors

There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. — Noam Chomsky
The prediction of nuclear winter is drawn not, of course, from any direct experience with the consequences of global nuclear war, but rather from an… — Carl Sagan
The entire world will be in nuclear war, and only the Swiss will be going, 'what's that noise?' — Robin Williams
Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes… — Norman Thomas
In some ways more painful is the fact that their experience appears to be fading from the collective memory of humankind. Having never experienced an… — Tadatoshi Akiba
Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war. — Robert Downey, Jr.
We have been led to believe that we have come a long way toward world nuclear disarmament. But that is not the case. Our government… — Harrison Ford
The survivors (of a nuclear war) would envy the dead. — Nikita Khrushchev
Submit an agreement providing for the peaceful absorbtion of a celestial races in such a manner that our culture would remain intact with guarantee that… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear war would be… — Camille Paglia
I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country-all you do… — Rick Yune
Any fool can start a war, and once he's done so, even the wisest of men are helpless to stop it - especially if it's… — Nikita Khrushchev
It's like going into a nuclear war with bows and arrows. — Joe Kinnear
The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling. — Walter Goodman
There are indications because of new inventions, that 10, 15, or 20 nations will have a nuclear capacity, including Red China, by the end of… — John F. Kennedy
There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the… — Wesley Clark
Raul, man, he's like a Twinkie. He would survive a nuclear war. — Ray Hudson
Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by… — Robert McNamara
...but highly placed sources within the Kennedy Administration disagreed: "[T]he assumption that the strategic nuclear balance mattered in any way was wrong... As far as… — Robert McNamara
Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear… — Charles Bass
The threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind. — Nigel Calder
China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding. — Lee H. Hamilton
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of… — Herman Kahn
Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity. — Herman Kahn
The cure is care. Caring for others is the practice of peace. Caring becomes as important as curing. Caring produces the cure, not the reverse.… — Sargent Shriver

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