Beyond Quote by Charles Krauthammer

The purpose of nuclear weapons is to deter. The mission of deterrence to make all parties in possession of nuclear weapons never, ever use…

— Rick Wilson

The challenge of preventing any further proliferation of nuclear weapons is just such a trial in the quest for world peace, one that cannot…

— Daisaku Ikeda

Basically [United States and France] said "We will use nuclear weapons whenever it suits our purposes to do so." So this expansion of doctrines…

— John Burroughs

Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.

— Peter Maurer

This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.

— Joseph Rotblat

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country…

— Daisaku Ikeda

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.

— Peter T. King

If we are to put the era of nuclear terror behind us, we must struggle against the real 'enemy.' That enemy is not nuclear…

— Daisaku Ikeda

The sole purpose of nuclear weapons must be to deter their use by others.

— Dianne Feinstein

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

— Lord Mountbatten

Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the…

— Philip Berrigan