This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.
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I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act.Joseph Rotblat
All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.
Joseph Rotblat
The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.
Joseph Rotblat
The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.
Joseph Rotblat
So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination.
Joseph Rotblat
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.
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