Joe Sestak Quotes

It is clear that the original idea of the Iranians [to produce nuclear weapons] has been stopped by this agreement.

There's an abiding interest by the United States, by the American people, and by anybody with his eyes set in his head, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.

Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world.

I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago, or a month ago or a year ago. It's just moving on with its efforts.

I'm prepared to continue doing what we need to do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Our goal is simple: to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

The world should be very clear about making sure that Iran does not get nuclear weapons, period.

Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything.

In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here.

I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.

The JCPOA can perhaps delay Iran's nuclear weapons program for a few years. Conversely, it has virtually guaranteed that Iran will have the freedom to build an arsenal of nuclear weapons at the end of the commitment.

Two-thirds of the American people realize just how bad the nuclear deal is with Iran.

Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is one of the most important objectives of our national security policy, and I strongly advocated for and supported the economic sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table.

Iran has every intention to build a nuclear weapon.

We [USA] don't have diplomatic leverage to eliminate every vestige of a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. What we do have the leverage to do is to make sure that they don't have a weapon.

I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.

How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime?

Am I not correct in saying that Iran has never voiced that they are developing a nuclear weapon, nor do they have any intention of using a nuclear weapon against the United States? That's never actually been voiced. I don't know where that has come from, but it hasn't been from Iran.

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.

It was the Obama administration that cut a faux deal with the Iranians that will not disarm Iran of its nuclear capabilities, and will in fact accelerate their nuclear development.

The biggest problem that we have on the face of the planet is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.