#nuclear weapons

Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent. ↗

— Shimon Peres

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In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of nuclear weapons is a day of danger for the United States. ↗

— Joe Lieberman

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And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life. ↗

— Robert Jay Lifton

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So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

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I believe we should use all means necessary to prevent the acquisition or fabrication of nuclear weapons by countries or groups hostile to the U. S. We should act in concert with our allies who are similarly working to protect their countries. ↗

— Sandy Adams

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We have evidence that Iran makes a reactor to possess nuclear weapons. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

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The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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