Joseph Rotblat Quotes
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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.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, like other countries in the region, rejects the acquisition of nuclear weapons by anyone, especially nuclear weapons in the Middle East region. We hope that such weapons will be banned or eliminated from the region by every country in the region.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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The moon belongs to everyone. The best things in life they're free. Stars belong to everyone. They cling there for you and for me.
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The nuclear weapon is obsolete. I want to get rid of them all.
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The essential facts are known. We know of the weapons in Saddam's possession: chemical, biological, and nuclear in time. We know of his unequaled willingness to use them. We know his history. His invasions of his neighbors. His dreams of achieving hegemonic control over the Arab world. His record of anti-American rage. His willingness to terrorize, to slaughter, to suppress his own people and others. We need not stretch to imagine nightmare scenarios in which Saddam makes common cause with the terrorists who want to kill us Americans and destroy our way of life.
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Take up a weapon and you become an instrument with as pure a purpose as the weapon itself: to find arteries and open them, limbs and sever them; to take what is alive and deliver it unto death.
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Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow.
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I don't know what weapons will be used in the Third World War. But I can tell you what they'll use in the Fourth - rocks!
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Qu. 31. Have not the small Particles of Bodies certain Powers, Virtues or Forces, by which they act at a distance, not only upon the Rays of Light for reflecting, refracting and reflecting them, but also upon one another for producing a great part of the Phænomena of Nature?
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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.
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Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.
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Those who advice the ruler on the Way, do not want the world subdued with weapons.
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Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them.
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I want to perceive and understand the hidden powers and laws of things, in order to have them in my power.
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What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?
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A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.
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I would like to do away with all kind of - all weapons. A dream - totally. Including the bow an arrow.
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The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.
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For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.
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Okay, so if that's not real, what is? What counts, to you?" He thought for a second, then said, "I don't know. Just because someone's pretty doesn't mean she's decent. Or vice versa. I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting." I wasn't sure what answer I'd expected. But this wasn't it. For a second, I just sat there, letting it sink in. "You know," I said finally, "saying stuff like that would make girls even crazier for you. Now you're cuteand somewhat more attainable. If you were appealing before, now you're off the charts.
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I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.
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But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons.
