George W. Bush Quotes

Chemical weapons simply have no place in the 21st century. Progress in this vital area will help generate momentum to meet our goal of eliminating all weapons of mass destruction.

all nations must disarm at the same time. It will not do at all … that some nations shall lay down their arms while others, their neighbours, remain armed. The peace of the world must be brought about by international agreement. All nations must agree to disarm simultaneously…

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.

Libya is a good example of a country that has come to a realization that weapons of mass destruction threaten more than assure, and I hope that will be followed by others.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

We have a moral imperative to keep up the search for something better than mutual assured destruction.

Any arms agreement should be verifiable.

Arms control has to have a future, or none of us does.

In the age when the atom has been split, the moon encircled, diseases conquered, is disarmament so difficult a matter that it must remain a distant dream? To answer, yes, is to despair for the future of mankind.

The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them;

We want a rocket-free country. That’s what we want.

We oppose the use of chemical weapons no matter who uses them and against whom they are used.

Russia is opposed to the proliferation of mass destruction weapons, including nuclear weapons, and in this context we call upon our Iranian friends to abandon the uranium enrichment programme.

Chemical weapons, biological weapons, and nuclear weapons should never be used.

It is important to signal that opposition to the use of any weapon of mass destruction is both deep and broad.

I think all the president-elect is saying is that we have to be able to be - to keep ourselves safe and secure, and when others stop building their nuclear weapons, then we'll feel more secure in that regard.

Finally, a safer world presupposes the revival of the virtuous circle of non-proliferation of weapons and disarmament.

Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.

We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well.

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons as more in their security interest than not.

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.