Causes Quote by Petra Kelly

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

“The combination of a short range and a powerful thermonuclear weapon was unfortunate. Launched from NATO bases in West Germany, Redstone missiles would destroy…

— Eric Schlosser

With the new weapons like the atom bomb, Russia would have it, too, and use it first. It is a very difficult world. But…

— Karl Donitz

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant U.S. retaliation to…

— Ronald Reagan

Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems.

— Noam Chomsky

These missiles [Cruise and Pershing II] represent a new generation of missiles whose deployment will help give NATO first-strike capability. With this first-strike strategy,…

— Petra Kelly

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

“From 1957 through 1961, Khrushchev openly, repeatedly, and bloodcurdlingly threatened the West with nuclear annihilation. Soviet missile capabilities were so far superior to those…

— John Lewis Gaddis

In light of 50 years of bondage of Eastern Europe, [invading the Soviet Union in 1948 to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons] was…

— Condoleezza Rice

Let's allow Poland and the Czech Republic to have that missile shield that they were entitled to by joining NATO. I think that's the…

— Mike Pence

This is sort of the Cuban Missile Crisis on steroids, what we are doing to Russia right now, and I don't think this is…

— Jill Stein