Nuclear Quotes - Page 35

• When the world has 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 nuclear plants, can we call that a safe world? I think we need to properly have this debate.

  Naoto Kan

  Thinking, Needs, World

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• The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.

  Naoto Kan

  Country, India, Movement

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• You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

  Peter MacKay

  Ambition, Israel, Iran

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• I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

  Mary-Louise Parker

  Mother, Thinking, Nuclear Families

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Agency, Iran, Community

  "The case for western missile defence" by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2010.

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• You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Country, War, Communication

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• I wouldn't discount the possibility that the Israelis would act if they came to the conclusion that basically the world was prepared to live with Iran with nuclear weapons. They certainly have the capability by themselves to set back the Iranian nuclear program.

  Dennis A. Ross

  Iran, World, Weapons

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• The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.

  Scott Ritter

  Iraq, Trying, Bombs

  "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.

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• Most of my nightmares that jolt me awake either involve the cosmos or something completely out of human control. In reality, I worry more about nuclear war, or war in general.

  Lorene Scafaria

  War, Reality, Worry

  "Filmmaker on 'Seeking a Friend's' origins". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.cnn.com. June 23, 2012.

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• I support an all of the above energy policy, so that's not only just Keystone, that's not only just drilling, that's clean coal, that's safe nuclear.

  Fred Upton

  Support, Energy, Coal

  "McKinley gets reelection bump from coal - EPW to take on NRC nominations - EPA to drop soot standards this week - Upton, Hoogendyk ding each other on records - Hamm on the Hill" by Alex Guillen, www.politico.com. June 11, 2012.

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• Nuclear is not only emissions-free, but renewing our commitment to nuclear power will create countless jobs at a time when our nation endures nearly double-digit unemployment.

  Fred Upton

  Jobs, Commitment, Unemployment

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• I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two nations that come together in - in peace and that want to see Iran being dissuaded from its nuclear folly.

  Mitt Romney

  Two Nations, Israel, Iran

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• What we have said and - and - and with which I concur is that we should use every diplomatic and political vehicle that's available to us to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear capability state.

  Mitt Romney

  Iran, Political, Use

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• A nuclear Iran is a - a dramatic and - and devastating potential threat to the world and to America. And - and all our efforts should be focused on making that our first priority or keeping them from having that nuclear capacity our first priority.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Nuclear Iran, Priorities

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• Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

  Mitt Romney

  America, Iran, Priorities

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• As citizen-activists the world over merge, they can become an irresistible force to create peace and protect the planet. From here will come a new movement to abolish nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction. From here will come the demand for sustainable communities, for new systems of energy, transportation and commerce. From here comes the future rushing in on us. How does one acquire the capacity for active citizenship? The opportunities exist every day...Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Spiritual, Opportunity, Rushing

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• During World War II, the Nazis put their victims into gas chambers and then incinerated them in ovens. While the Nazis took their victims to the incinerators, those who possess and threaten to use nuclear weapons plan to take these weapons - these portable incinerators - to the victims.

  David Krieger

  War, Use, World

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• And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life.

  Robert Jay Lifton

  Psychics, Hydrogen Bomb, Everyday

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• We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.

  Dick Cheney

  Impact, Events, Weapons

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• That Iran is willing to threaten Israel is wrong[. . . .] We pose no threat and if we are conducting nuclear research and development we are no threat to Israel. We have no intention of aggression against any country. [. . .] Today we announce to you that the political will of Iran is aimed at the negotiated settlement of the case and we dont want to aggravate the situation in our region[. . . .] We know that this issue can be settled in a constructive dialogue and we welcome that.

  Ali Larijani

  Country, Israel, Iran

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• Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.

  Richard Holbrooke

  People, Enemy, Wish

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• I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

  Peter Eisenman

  Believe, Ideas, House

  "Feuds? I've had a few" by Deyan Sudjic, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2004.

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• Thank God, I think no one is thinking of unleashing a large-scale conflict with Russia. I want to remind you that Russia is one of the leading nuclear powers.

  Vladimir Putin

  Thinking, Russia, Thank God

  "Vladimir Putin Issues New 'Large Nuclear Power' Warning to West". www.telegraph.co.uk. October 16, 2004.

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• The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister, in-laws, and darling nephews.

  Jane Smiley

  Brother, Sibling, Sister In Law

  "Divorce! It’s Good for the Children!" by Jane Smiley, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 12, 2010.

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• There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved.

  Frank Zappa

  Real, War, Too Much

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