Brains are like hearts - they go where they are appreciated.

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

It is true that at the time [1962] we had a strategic nuclear force of approximately five thousand warheads compared to the Soviet's three hundred.

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war. We came that close to nuclear war at the end. Rational individuals: Kennedy was rational; Khrushchev was rational; Castro was rational. Rational individuals came that close to total destruction of their societies. And that danger exists today.

The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations.