Elimination of nuclear weapons, so naive, so simplistic, and so idealistic as to be quixotic? Some may think so. But as human beings, citizens of nations with power to influence events in the world, can we be at peace with ourselves if we strive for less? I think not.

Belief and seeing are both often wrong.

One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.

It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

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

What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?

There are many ways to make the death rate increase.