1960s Quote by Herman Kahn

There is a radical and unprecedented shift [in war] that is part of the general transformation of civilization. First, understand that the past 150…

— George Friedman

“Finally, we must bear in mind that guns are not the only tools of mass killing. In America, by far the worst mass murder…

— John R. Lott Jr

In 1957, with the arms race in full swing, the Department of Defense had decided it was just a matter of time before an…

— Annie Jacobsen

Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brief intervals of time, have proved more deadly and destructive of human values than wars…

— Marshall McLuhan

In fact, the same difficulties faced by Reagan in the 1980-s are still there [in the beginning of 21 century]: how do you hit…

— David Hoffman

What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so…

— John Hersey

The atom bomb fueled the entire world that came after it. It showed that indiscriminate killing and indiscriminate homicide on a mass level was…

— Bob Dylan

If you look at say, England and Germany a century ago, which had the most advanced navies then, they were dealing with extremely tricky…

— Noam Chomsky

The bulldozer and not the atomic bomb may turn out to be the most destructive invention of the 20th century.

— Philip Shabecoff

The people designing the weapons literally often didn't know how they were being handled in the field by the Air Force - and a…

— Eric Schlosser

Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.

— William O. Douglas

I happen to believe that certain types of assault weapons, which are manufactured and designed for military purposes to kill people very quickly should…

— Bernie Sanders