Nuclear Quotes
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I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.
Mohamed ElBaradei -
Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing.
Stephen M. Walt
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Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry.
Michael C. Burgess -
Losing more of our existing nuclear fleet will make it that much tougher to meet our carbon reduction goals. We need to keep ramping up renewables, but they can't meet our need for reliable power 24/7. Nuclear is a baseload source and it's carbon-free - two things we need.
Eileen Claussen -
This is not an approach that would be tolerated in other forms of protest. Anti-nuclear activists may blockade power stations or weapons facilities. Even they would regard it as irresponsible to try to sabotage them, aiming to cause maximum damage, in the expectation that the resulting debate will outweigh the harm done.
Edward Lucas -
There is no question we need an energy policy overhaul in America. A key part of that overhaul must include moving forward aggressively with expanding nuclear energy as a renewable energy source. Storing nuclear waste is an important piece of that effort.
Erik Paulsen -
Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
Tony Blair -
Sometimes people ask me why I began perestroika. Were the causes basically domestic or foreign? The domestic reasons were undoubtedly the main ones, but the danger of nuclear war was so serious that it was a no less significant factor.
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Mammoth organizations, these ponderous processes. Many people don't realize that the nuclear capability that this country [USA] amassed and maintained over the period of the Cold War cost $6 trillion .
George Lee Butler -
Israel has a sizeable nuclear arsenal and could retaliate if it were attacked.
Stephen M. Walt -
Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.
Will Hermes -
As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.
Mohamed ElBaradei -
There are two problems for our species’ survival – nuclear war and environmental catastrophe – and we’re hurtling towards them. Knowingly.
Noam Chomsky -
Five million Jews are regarding me as a traitor, but six billion people around the world think me as a hero and a good man who bring the message to all the human beings that we should survive and prevent the use of nuclear weapons and to prevent the nuclear preparations and to prevent nuclear war in the future.
Mordechai Vanunu
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While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.
Mike Simpson -
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 -
As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.
Stephen Kinzer -
We must perfect a worldwide system of accountability for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Richard Lugar -
Experimental evidence has now verified that nuclear reactions can be caused to occur in heavily loaded solids. It is premature to predict where this is headed from an applications point of view, but the basic science is clearly revolutionary.
George H. Miley -
I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control.
Hayao Miyazaki
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The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling.
Walter Goodman -
One of our gravest concerns is the entry of a nuclear device or materials into the U.S.
Charles E. Allen -
When you look at biology, look at the natural world, the roles of a male and a female in society, and other animals, the male typically is the dominant role. The female, it’s not antithesis, or it’s not competing, it’s a complementary role. We as people in a smart society have lost the ability to have complementary relationships in nuclear families, and it’s tearing us apart.
Erick Erickson