Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes

So terrible a weapon simply had to have an important peaceful use ... We were grimly determined to prove that this discovery was not just a weapon.

Atoms for Peace

The way to win an atomic war is to make sure it never starts.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.

We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained.

In the spirit of commitment to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, we will strive to achieve real progress in disarmament and arms control.

Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.

We have a moral imperative to keep up the search for something better than mutual assured destruction.

Peace and stability cannot be achieved by means of nuclear weapons.

Arms control has to have a future, or none of us does.

Should the Iranian nation beg for the right of exploitation of nuclear energy from the bullying world powers until they accept that the nation has a nuclear right?...No. This is not the way of a free and independent nation.

Disarmament has become the urgent imperative of our time. I do not say this because I equate the absence of arms to peace, or because I believe that bringing an end to the nuclear arms race automatically guarantees the peace, or because the elimination of nuclear warheads from the arsenals of the world will bring in its wake that change in attitude requisite to the peaceful settlement of disputes between nations. Disarmament is vital today, quite simply, because of the immense destructive capacity of which men dispose.

We do not believe that a nuclear war should be fought and we do not believe that a nuclear war can be won.

The only sure way to eliminate the threat posed by nuclear weapons is to eliminate the weapons themselves.

I don't think soldiers should be anywhere in the world. I mean, that is a moral and a basic philosophy. I think that the only way to end wars is to have no military and to find other ways in which - I think we should suspend all nuclear weapons.

Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing.

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament.

Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.

On the nuclear issue, the first point is that the entire world must recognize that Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon, nor shall it seek a nuclear weapon.

The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.

We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.

I do not believe it makes sense to say that nuclear weapons are inherently evil. In certain circumstances, they can play a positive role - as they have in the past. But clearly they have a power to do great harm.

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others.

I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.