Steven David Quotes (5 Quotes)

I think America is at a far greater risk of a nuclear weapon going off on its soil in anger today than it ever was during the Cold War. If we have nuclear peace for the next 60 years, I would be mildly surprised.

I think that there would be a sufficient appreciation of the magnitude of these devices that the taboo against using them would be present even if they had not been used in Japan.

If I could have waved a magic wand during the Cold War and gotten rid of all nuclear weapons, I might not have done so. Give me that wand today, and I'd do it in a New York minute.

The two superpowers never once fought each other directly. Since the end of World War II, 90 percent of wars - and casualties - have been within countries, not between countries.

So long as you were dealing with conventional weapons, you could convince yourself that if you got into a war, you had a chance to win, and that if you lost, it wasn't the end of world. With nuclear weapons, win or lose, it would be the end of the world. The people who had them realized that war would be suicidal.