Context Quote by Charles Horner

Ukrainian nuclear weapons are the only reliable deterrent to Russian aggression. If the U.S. aim is to enhance stability in Europe, the case against…

— John Mearsheimer

We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The Soviet Union's propaganda clearly wishes to use public opinion in this country to get the West to reduce its own arms while doing…

— James Callaghan

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

— Vipin Narang

The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

It is deterrence that has prevented the use of nuclear weapons by all states that possess them since 1945.

— Tom Malinowski

It's more of a strength model to say that [Vladimir] Putin will do what it takes to defend his country. But that's why Putin…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to…

— Vladimir Putin

The Cold War philosophy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), which prevented the former Soviet Union and the United States from using the nuclear weapons…

— Bernard Lewis

The nature of nuclear weapons makes it impossible to either ban the bomb or wipe out an enemy's arsenal. Nuclear deterrence was unavoidable.

— Michael Shellenberger

On nuclear war, actions in Syria and at the Russian border raise very serious threats of confrontation that might trigger war, an unthinkable prospect.…

— Noam Chomsky

If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?

— Zbigniew Brzezinski