This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.
We still live in a world where if you have nuclear weapons, you are buying power; you are buying insurance against attack.
We're interested in the mass-merchandising of anything. If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them too
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.
Do we need weapons to fight wars? Or do we need wars to create markets for weapons?
A weapon does not decide whether or not to kill. A weapon is a manifestation of a decision that has already been made.
Guils is the greatest weapon vecause its cuts rarely heal and it aims for the heart
I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?
Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.
The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear.
The North Koreas of the world are trying very hard to acquire the material they need to acquire nuclear weapons, as is the case with Iran.
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.
Look, Israel doesn't intend to introduce nuclear weapons, but if people are afraid that we have them, why not? It's a deterrent.
The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.
Ebola is a nasty disease to get. It's scary. But as a weapon, it is probably not likely. Ebola is a difficult malady to weaponize and deliver efficiently.
The message from national security experts and citizens around the world is clear: The only way to eliminate the global nuclear danger is to eliminate all nuclear weapons.
In any event, the problem in Iran is much bigger than weapons. The problem is the terrorist regime that seeks the weapons. The regime must go.
A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills - no, no. They'd make a weapon that makes you feel bad for a while.
The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.
I don't think that they have many of the scientists who were involved in the weapons program to talk to at this time, and there were thousands of people, engineers and scientists, they know where the weapons are.