Aggressive Quote by Noam Chomsky

People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their…

— Ban Ki-moon

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 continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Basically [United States and France] said "We will use nuclear weapons whenever it suits our purposes to do so." So this expansion of doctrines…

— John Burroughs

I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and…

— Curtis LeMay

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

People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as…

— Rod Lurie

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

— Caroline Lucas

Our republic is a responsible nuclear state that, as we made clear before, will not use nuclear weapons first unless aggressive hostile forces use…

— Kim Jong-un

As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.

— Bernard Lown

The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them is costly…

— Paul Nitze

Nuclear weapons are so destructive and ballistic missiles are so swift, that any substantially increased possibility of their use or any sudden change in…

— John F. Kennedy