Barry Commoner Quotes

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.

My feelings of revulsion and foreboding about nuclear weapons had not changed an iota since 1945, and they have never left me. Since I was 14, the overriding objective of my life has been to prevent the occurrence of nuclear war.

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.

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

The atomic issue was a natural path into political issues.

In the past, science has often been able to provide adequate protection against new weapons it has given into the hands of an aggressor, but it cannot promise such efficient protection against the destructive use of nuclear power

Nuclear weapons exist. They probably always will. And they work, with horrible efficiency. They threaten the very future of our species. We have no choice but to manage that risk. Never again can we put the task out of our minds; nor trivialize it; nor make it routine.

We'll eat grass, but we'll make a nuclear bomb.

I view current US nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary and dreadfully dangerous, creating unacceptable risks to other nations and to our own"

The fewer nuclear weapons possessed by the fewest countries is safer, not only because of the possibility of a nuclear accident but also a nuclear war.

It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.

There was a general consensus to go for the nuclear test. The whole nation wanted it, and it was done properly.

The truth is, as long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not safe.

I say the word N-U-C-L-E-R the same way that George W. Bush says it.

I think one country with nuclear weapons is one country too many.

We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons.

And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons, not necessarily this missile, but nuclear weapons ends up in the hands of Al Qaeda or some other terrorist group.

We continue to have nuclear weapons relied on as a weapon of choice. If that policy were to continue, we continue to have countries who are in a security bind, if you like, or perceive themselves to be in security bind to look for acquisition of nuclear weapons.

The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something.

Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained.

We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.

The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region.

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

I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.