Banned Quote by Herman Kahn

The total elimination of nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations.

— Antonio Guterres

There is an urgent need for disarmament of all kinds, but especially nuclear disarmament.

— Antonio Guterres

The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than…

— Ban Ki-moon

Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.

— Ban Ki-moon

A convention on the comprehensive ban of nuclear weapons should be negotiated. Since biological and chemical weapons have been prohibited, there is no reason…

— Jiang Zemin

The use of a mere dozen nuclear weapons ... would be a human catastrophe without parallel. ... Because so few weapons can kill so…

— Jonathan Schell

Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This…

— Ban Ki-moon

In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far is nuclear energy. We have been taking down the Russian warheads, turning it into…

— Stewart Brand

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish…

— John F. Kennedy

We're not just discussing limits on a further increase of nuclear weapons; we seek, instead, to reduce their number. We seek the total elimination…

— Ronald Reagan

Some might complain that nuclear disarmament is little more than a dream. But that ignores the very tangible benefits disarmament would bring for all…

— Ban Ki-moon

We cannot by ourselves reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the world, but we are doing what has to be done all over…

— David Lange