In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.
Andrei Sakharov

We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors.
Wilson Greatbatch

If human beings are to survive in a nuclear age, committing acts of violence may eventually have to become as embarrassing as urinating or defecating in public are today.
Myriam Miedzian

Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
Walter Kohn

Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.
Tom Udall

It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons.
Yoshiro Mori

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.
Dexter Gordon

No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science.
Craig Stevens

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?
Lincoln Chafee

I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
Jack Scalia

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.
Eisaku Sato

If we are really anxious not to have nuclear weapons in Iran, the first thing is to call an international conference on abolishing all nuclear weapons, including Israeli nuclear weapons.
Bruce Kent

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.
Robert McNamara

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.
Taylor Hanson

There are some people that will be deterred by the fact that we have nuclear weapons... But those people are the folks we can deal with anyway.
Charles Horner

If North Korea is allowed to maintain its nuclear weapons programs, other nations may well follow suit and some may buy such weapons from the North Koreans.
Robert F. Ellsworth

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.
Norman Thomas

We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.
David Elkind

Law not served by power is an illusion; but power not ruled by law is a menace which our nuclear age cannot afford.
Arthur J. Goldberg

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.
John Travolta