How Quote by Joseph Rotblat

The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using their nuclear weapons. If that's all…

— Carl Sagan

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

— Tom Malinowski

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

— Joseph Rotblat

The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of people and…

— Marianne Williamson

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

— John Spratt

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

You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. There's only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by…

— Carl Sagan

There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The countries that…

— John Burroughs

We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national…

— Joseph Rotblat

Nuclear weapons remain a costly distraction from the real security threats we face, like climate change.

— Caroline Lucas

The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer…

— Herman Kahn

Nuclear weapons continue to occupy a unique place in global security affairs. No other weapons, in my opinion, anyway, match their potential for prompt…

— C. Robert Kehler