nuclear quotes

The dependence of London on Washington for the supplyof our so-called independent nuclear weaponsis all that remains of the'special relationship'and†it is reallya ball and chainlimitingourcapacity toplaya more positive role in the world. See Churchill 217:93.

-Tony (Anthony Neil Wedgwood) Benn
  In The Independent,18  Apr.

Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors for a few hundred years.

- Douglas Coupland
Generation X,'It Can't Last'.

It may be possibletoset up a nuclear reaction inuranium by which vast amounts of power could be released† This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of†extremely powerful bombs of a new type.

- Albert Einstein
  Letter to President Franklin D Roosevelt.

Suppose ourancestors had discovered nuclear power in the middle ages, and had decided to bury their radioactive fuel.

- Marjorie Lamb
  Two Minutes a Day for a Greener Planet.

The problems of the world, AIDS, cancer, nuclear war, pollution, are, finally, no more solvable than the problems of a tree which has borne fruit: the apples are overripe and theyare fallingwhat can be done?† What can be done about the problems which beset our life? Nothing can be done, and nothing needs to be done. Something is being donethe organism is preparing to rest.

- David Alan Mamet
  Writing in Restaurants,'Decay: Some Thoughts for  Actors'.

As a military man who has given half a century of active service,Isay inall sincerity thatthenucleararmsracehas no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons; their existence onlyadds to our perils because of the illusions that they have generated. The world now stands on the brink of the final abyss. Let us all resolve to take all possible practicable steps to ensurethat we donot, through ourownfolly, go over the edge.

- 1st Earl Nicholas
  Speech at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg,11 May.

The Soviet Union remains a superpower in the military and nuclear senseonly its economy is in difficulty. People want me to lead the troops out or to chuck them over the border, but I have neither the strength nor the will to do it.

- Lech Walesa
  In TheTimes,17 Apr. English poet  and Sinologist.  He was  a distinguished translator of Chinese andJapanese literature.