Developing Quote by 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 thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened.

— Anonymous

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

We don't need another nuclear arms race to proceed a pace and then to encourage other countries to become very, to develop these kinds…

— Mazie Hirono

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

It's Russia some people would like to get rid of. They are still afraid of our nuclear deterrent. We have our own foreign policy…

— Vladimir Putin

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

— Robert McNamara

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

Let me be crystal clear: There is no such thing as 'limited use' nuclear weapons, and for a Pentagon advisory board to promote their…

— Dianne Feinstein

They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they…

— Barack Obama

The crucial thing is to arouse the awareness that as a matter of human conscience we can never permit the people of any country…

— Daisaku Ikeda

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

— Caroline Lucas