Nuclear Quotes

If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commercial insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I’m not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family.

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

America is the only country in the world that’s still in the business of making bombs that can end the world and TV shows that make it seem like a good idea.

The scientists split the atom; now the atom is splitting us.

There are also enough rocks on Earth to kill the world’s population several times over. (explaining why it’s necessary to have more than enough nukes) Lt.

Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He’ll come in handy if you run out of food.

The politicians and the military leaders had their own ideas about the bomb; moral scruples hardly figured in them. More important was to demonstrate to the world – and particularly to the Soviet Union – the newly acquired might of the United States.

The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul.

There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.

If the militarily most powerful – and least threatened – states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster.