Nuclear Weapons Quotes
379 quotes by 215 authors
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The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear…
— Dick Cheney
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I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11,…
— Dick Cheney
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The power to destroy the world by the use of nuclear weapons is a power that cannot be used-we cannot accept the idea of such…
— Linus Pauling
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Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror.
— George Wald
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Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It may be that…
— Isaac Asimov
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It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.
— Robert McNamara
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I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make life unlivable on this planet.
— Bernard Lown
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On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea…
— Edward Condon
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We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over the…
— David Lange
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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
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Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.'
— John Fugelsang
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The notion that somehow or another they'll (Iran) put it in a picnic basket and hand it to some terrorist group is merely an argument…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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If we are to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons, we need the involvement of young people. Youth have energy, enthusiasm and many good…
— Marc Kielburger
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The Iraqi regime . . . possesses and produces chemical and biological weapons. It is seeking nuclear weapons. We know that the regime has produced…
— George W. Bush
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Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain…
— Noam Chomsky
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Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.
— Dave Barry
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Family and work. Family and work. I can let them be at war, with guilt as their nuclear weapon and mutually assured destruction as their…
— Ellen Gilchrist
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Our children may save us if they are taught to care properly for the planet; but if not, it may be back to the Ice…
— Jimmy Buffett
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When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the…
— Barack Obama
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The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If…
— Bert Holldobler
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