Age Quote by John Mearsheimer

If the militarily most powerful and least threatened states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that…

— Joseph Rotblat

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

— Tom Malinowski

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

— Dianne Feinstein

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

We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.

— John Spratt

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

— Lord Mountbatten

If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own…

— David Cortright

Nuclear weapons and other weapons are the means to protect our sovereignty and legitimate interests, not the means to behave aggressively or to fulfil…

— Vladimir Putin

It's very difficult to convince other countries that they shouldn't pursue nuclear weapons programs if we ourselves are actively developing a component of a…

— Steven Weinberg

We're fundamentally opposed to the expansion of nuclear-weapons arsenals. This is why we have proposed the formation of an unbiased organization and the disarmament…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Since the advent of the atomic bomb, the United States has always needed two kinds of enemies. On one level, it has needed a…

— Michael Ruppert