"Well, a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East would be a wonderful thing."
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"The thing that makes countries want to pursue some kind of nuclear deterrent is precisely the fact that they feel threatened."
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"If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them, I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight. (When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear submarines along US coastlines)"
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"We seek the elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth."
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"My dream is to see the day when nuclear weapons will be banished from the face of the Earth."
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"We're not just discussing limits on a further increase of nuclear weapons; we seek, instead, to reduce their number. We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth."
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"But if Saddam had been in a position credibly to threaten America or any of its allies - or the coalition's forces - with attack by missiles with nuclear warheads, would we have gone to the Gulf at all?"
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"It is a measure of the arrogance of nations - but especially of the nuclear-weapon states - to assert that a nuclear-weapons-free world is impossible when, in fact, ninety-five percent of the nations of the world already are nuclear free."
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"When people know we are ready to use nuclear weapons, they're going to back off if we do something aggressive. So basically, nuclear weapons are always being used."
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"As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime."
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"It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided."
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"With regard to nuclear weapons, it's kind of hard to say. [Donald Trump] is said lots of things. The national security experts are terrified. But they're more terrified by his personality than by his statements."
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"We [The United States] should be prepared to launch a pre-emption strike against Iran to eliminate their nuclear capability."
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"We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster."
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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."
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"I mean science was blamed for all the horrors of World War I, just as it's blamed today for nuclear weapons and quite rightly."
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"Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick."
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"You cannot use [nuclear weapons] to target civilians; you cannot use them against military targets if they have indiscriminate effects on civilians in addition to the attack on the military target."
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"There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The countries that have nuclear weapons deploy them ready for use and have doctrines saying that they would use them in certain circumstances."
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"The U.S. had about 10,000 nuclear warheads. It is estimated that the U.S. is heading towards having 6,000 nuclear warheads in the year 2012."
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