Nuclear Deterrence Theory Quotes

I don't want to use the term "nuclear weapons" because those people in Iran who have authority say they are not building nuclear weapons. I make an appeal to the countries who do have nuclear weapons. They don't consider them a nuclear threat. But let's say a country that doesn't have nuclear weapons gets involved in building them, then they are told by those that already have nuclear weapons that they oppose [such a development]. Where is the justice in that?

In the shadow of the atomic bomb it has become even more apparent that all men are, indeed, brothers.

I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

By far the single greatest danger facing humankind - in fact, all living beings on our planet - is the threat of nuclear destruction.

[Nuclear war]... may not be desirable.

Donald Trump believes that the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons. And he's said Saudi Arabia should get them, Japan should get them, Korea should get them. And when he was confronted with this, and told, wait a minute, terrorists could get those, proliferation could lead to nuclear war, here's what Donald Trump said, and I quote: "Go ahead, folks, enjoy yourselves."

As long as the two nuclear superpowers maintain arsenals in the tens of thousands of nuclear warheads, there is no way they can with any consistency urge that other nations not be allowed to acquire theses weapons.

The existence of nuclear weapons presents a clear and present danger to life on Earth.

We had been frightened of atomic weapons since 1945. In those days I became convinced - and remain convinced now - that, after Hitler, Truman was the greatest murderer in the world.

There's a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter. Quite possibly there would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.

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

Every nuclear bomb is an Auschwitz waiting to happen.

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.

In fact, [Donald's Trump] cavalier attitude about nuclear weapons is so deeply troubling.

Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.

Donald Trump is a person who has been very cavalier, even casual about the use of nuclear weapons.

It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used.

The single greatest problem the world has is nuclear armament, nuclear weapons, not global warming.

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.