Acquire Quote by Stansfield Turner

Almost all of the governments have agreed that they will not acquire nuclear weapons and that they will allow the International Atomic Energy Agency…

— John Burroughs

There is an international treaty framework for this. It's the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Most countries in the world are members of the treaty.

— John Burroughs

As a state sponsor of global terrorism and supplier of weapons to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran cannot be allowed to…

— Brad Schneider

There is a clear norm against the spread of nuclear weapons, but there is no consensus or treaty on what, if anything, is to…

— Richard N. Haass

If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own…

— David Cortright

It's very difficult to convince other countries that they shouldn't pursue nuclear weapons programs if we ourselves are actively developing a component of a…

— Steven Weinberg

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

— Joseph Rotblat

The best way for any state to deter a rival from using its nuclear arsenal for political gain is to have its own nuclear…

— John Mearsheimer

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

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate…

— John Bruton

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

— Joseph Rotblat

Maybe that will happen with other countries as well. And so, that's why one of the things that groups like mine that work for…

— John Burroughs