Civilization Quote by Joseph Rotblat

“I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act.”

Joseph Rotblat

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

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But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout…

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This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.

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Alice Stewart [is] a much underestimated scientist who has been an indomitable challenger of the establishment and a thorn in the flesh of the…

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Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them…

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

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But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons.

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The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we…

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

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Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear…

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All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the…

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Technology is driving us together. In many ways we are becoming like one family. With the global threats resulting from science and technology, the…

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