#nuclear weapons

The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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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. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border. ↗

— Harrison Salisbury

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It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country. ↗

— Kim Y. Sam

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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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Individual scientists like myself - and many more conspicuous - pointed to the dangers of radioactive fallout over Canada if we were to launch nuclear weapons to intercept incoming bombers. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

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I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

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