William Perry Quotes (10 Quotes)

If the strain is not relieved, it will have highly corrosive and long-term effects on the military.

This is not a new idea. The development has been much more difficult than most people believed.

There are a lot of military and commercial interests in this technology.

What is pretty clear is that we will be faced with the specter of another nuclear power which can use their weapons to threaten South Korea, to threaten Japan . . . with every prospect that they will sell some of that plutonium and nuclear bombs to the highest bidder so they might end up in American cities as well.

Even when I was little, I was big.

I do not have for you at this time anything that I might characterize as a definitive response to this idea.

With special economic zones being set up in Russia, Western investors and companies can look forward to making money there.

I don't believe anybody can be protected with high confidence from car bombs in urban areas. The Israelis and the British have worked as hard on this problem for years as anybody can. They have not provided an adequate protection for their population against car bombs in urban areas. That's -- that is a very, very difficult threat.

The worst-case scenario I see is a major nuclear arms race unfolding in the Pacific. That's not a forecast, that's a logical train of events.

I have thought for some months that if the North Koreans moved toward processing spent fuel rods, then we are on a path toward war.