A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. The only value in our two nations possessing nuclear weapons is to make sure they will never be used. But then would it not be better to do away with them entirely?
It is my fervent goal and hope... that we will someday no longer have to rely on nuclear weapons to deter aggression and assure world peace. To that end the United States is now engaged in a serious and sustained effort to negotiate major reductions in levels of offensive nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal of eliminating these weapons from the face of the earth.
The sheer folly of trying to defend a nation by destroying all life on the planet must be apparent to anyone capable of rational thought. Nuclear capability must be reduced to zero, globally, permanently. There is no other option.
It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.
We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.
A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.
