You have to pay the price. You will find that everything in life exacts a price, and you will have to decide whether the price is worth the prize.
Sam NunnSeventeen years after the Cold War, how can it be in the Unites States' national security interest for the President of Russia to have only a few minutes to decide whether to fire his nuclear weapons or lose them in response to what could be a false warning?
Sam NunnWe are in a race between cooperation and catastrophe, and the threat is outrunning our response.
Sam NunnI don't think that within a certain amount of time we can get rid of all nuclear weapons. But I do believe that, step by step, we could get others to join us. I call it going up the mountain. We can get to the top eventually, but we have to get to base camp first. Right now, we are in the valley. So we have a long way to go, but maybe our children or our grandchildren will see the top of the mountain.
Sam Nunn