Arms Quote by Joseph Rotblat

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire…

— Joseph Rotblat

The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

But the most important thing about that story, which is not often told, is that as a result after the Cuban missile crisis, immediate…

— David Kay

We could still have continued the arms race, but the arms race was pointless, and it was another reason we decided to start perestroika.…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

The human and environmental devastation caused by nuclear weapons - whether by testing, mistake or malice - is the very reason we need to…

— Valerie Plame

Our mission was to make sure that the bad guys, basically, did not get nuclear weapons.

— Valerie Plame

When I used to theorize about a nuclear standoff, I didn't really have to understand what was happening inside the Soviet Union. It is…

— Thomas Schelling

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

— Lord Mountbatten

The nature of nuclear weapons makes it impossible to either ban the bomb or wipe out an enemy's arsenal. Nuclear deterrence was unavoidable.

— Michael Shellenberger

Despite the establishment of a peaceful post-Cold War order, proliferation continued. Nuclear risks became more diverse.

— Fumio Kishida

The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives.

— Henry A. Kissinger

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