Nuclear Quotes

Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television.

What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?

In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.

The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating their weaponry, and then could not object when the British did the same.

The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real.

North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix.

This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear arsenal that they have obviously is important. They're a very powerful country.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

The great thing about Glasgow is that if there's a nuclear attack it'll look exactly the same afterwards.

I did a thesis in experimental nuclear physics under the direction of Samuel K. Allison.

Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

I feel like a nuclear missile. Point me in that direction, I'll go.

We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors.

Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our automobiles, trucks, and trains, and even our nuclear fission utility power plants.

By the time I'm 50, there is probably going to be a nuclear holocaust. I should just enjoy myself.

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.

The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual.

Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.

The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all.

There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks we can deal with anyway.

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.

We have an active program. We have nuclear weapons, we are a nuclear power. We have an advanced missiles program.

Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

It was because of my deep concerns about nuclear weapons that I went to Hiroshima. And then I was astounded in Hiroshima to find that nobody had really studied it.

The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.

We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

I want to move to a world of no nuclear weapons but I want to do that through multilateral disarmament so that we all disarm together.

Japan is the only country in the world which suffered from the scourge of nuclear weapons.

Women don't go to war to kill other women. Wars and armies and nuclear weapons are essentially heterosexual hobbies.

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

Every serious nuclear accident involves operator error, so you want to eliminate the operator altogether.

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.

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

Russia does not have in its possession any trustworthy data that supports the existence of nuclear weapons or any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and we have not received any such information from our partners as yet.

We are safer if there are not nuclear arsenals around the planet that can be utilized, stolen, sold to terrorists and others who would do harm.

But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

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

All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.

None of us are nuclear experts, but we know that if there is a melt-down and breach of containment, that's clearly the most odious thing that could happen.

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

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.

When we're talking about technology that involves weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, there has to be an element of preemption.

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.

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.

Nuclear weapons kill Americans - they don't kill Republicans or Democrats - they kill Americans.