#disaster

If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#deny #disaster #how #insecure #least

The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#any #arms #arms race #before #brought

If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#case #chaotic #disaster #first #going

I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#aware #been #being #complex #disaster

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. ↗

— May Sarton

#constant #disasters #few #garden #growth

I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#coalition #coordinated #darfur #disaster #found

Iraq continues to be an immense disaster, and the President has no apparent plan for getting our troops out. ↗

— Jose Serrano

#continues #disaster #getting #immense #iraq

When I tried to play characters that strayed from who I am it ended in disaster. People didn't expect me in comedies or musicals. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#characters #comedies #disaster #ended #expect

If politics and business fail us, of course the military will be called in. In the developing world, the massive and repeated ecological disasters are quite commonly met by the military. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#called #commonly #course #developing #developing world

Technology without hatred can be a blessing. Technology with hatred is always a disaster. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#blessing #disaster #hatred #technology #without