Country Quote by Curtis LeMay

People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their…

— Ban Ki-moon

The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them is costly…

— Paul Nitze

When people know we are ready to use nuclear weapons, they're going to back off if we do something aggressive. So basically, nuclear weapons…

— Noam Chomsky

My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more likely to…

— Herman Kahn

If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all…

— Enoch Powell

It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used.

— Arundhati Roy

People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as…

— Rod Lurie

As long as nuclear weapons exist, there is a risk that they will be used. And the consequences of their use would be catastrophic.…

— Margot Wallstrom

There is a clear norm against the spread of nuclear weapons, but there is no consensus or treaty on what, if anything, is to…

— Richard N. Haass

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

As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.

— Bernard Lown

“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was to drop…

— E.A. Bucchianeri