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Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.


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JAVAD ZARIF In the end, for all of Obama's grand rhetoric on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, history h...
THOMAS P.M. BARNETT The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.
CHUNG MONG-JOON But so far, you know who's been violating the nuclear nonproliferation pact day and night? Those...
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.
EHUD BARAK As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if...
NOAM CHOMSKY So while there is no evidence at all that Iran has any significant quantity of nuclear material or a...
JOSEPH CIRINCIONE Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in t...
MOHAMED ELBARADEI Finally, people from the Bush Administration argue that Iran is not really serious about making any ...
GARY SAMORE You don't build new nuclear-power plants for a country that's building up its military and threateni...
DANA ROHRABACHER It was commonplace to hear it said, after the Bosnian genocide kicked off in 1992 and the Rwandan ge...
TERRY GLAVIN We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.
SERGEI LAVROV By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowin...
J. B. PRITZKER It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They do...
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JOHN MAJOR A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat ...
HILLARY CLINTON We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.
BERNARD KOUCHNER Thanks to Hillary Clinton, Iran is now the dominant Islamic power in the Middle East, and on the roa...
DONALD TRUMP I can tell you one thing, Iran is closer to developing nuclear weapons today than it was a week ago,...
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GARY SAMORE Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE I've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against...
VALERIE PLAME The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilit...
EHUD BARAK Ultimately, the goal of sanctions is to ratchet up the economic pressure on the Iranians to such a l...
TED DEUTCH India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S....
A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the ...
KENDRICK MEEK U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.
C. ROBERT KEHLER The intelligence community does not have complete 'eyes on' the totality of the Iranian nucl...
MICHAEL T. FLYNN Am I not correct in saying that Iran has never voiced that they are developing a nuclear weapon, nor...
GARY JOHNSON What they're saying, too, is like, it's OK for Israel to have nuclear weapons. But Iran or Syria bet...
CINDY SHEEHAN If you (the Europeans) are really honest and worried that Iran may obtain nuclear weapons, there are...
AKBAR RAFSANJANI This is not an Israeli issue. It's a world problem, and the world must stop Iran. That country canno...
ARYE MEKEL If you (the Europeans) are really honest and worried that Iran may obtain nuclear weapons, there are...
AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI The professed function of the nuclear weapons on each side is to prevent the other side from using t...
CARL SAGAN I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the pu...
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BEN STEIN Iran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give...
AKBAR RAFSANJANI Iran is determined to use peaceful nuclear technology and no intimidation or threat can make us give...
AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are a...
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ALAN DERSHOWITZ A diplomatic solution that puts significant and verifiable constraints on Iran's nuclear program...
JOE BIDEN I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
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ARYE MEKEL We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with...
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NOAM CHOMSKY If Iran becomes a nuclear weapon state it is the end of non-proliferation as we know it. If Iran get...
LIAM FOX But mainly it's the threatening statements being made against Iran as a result of its nuclear progra...
EDMUND DAUKORU I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipli...
DALIA MOGAHED You know, people have actually changed the way they think about nuclear weapons now, post-Cold War, ...
LAWRENCE BENDER Having worked for him in the nuclear weapons policy business, I can tell you that President Reagan w...
FRANK GAFFNEY Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're ...
VIGGO MORTENSEN The United States must also continue to push the United Nations Security Council for strong action t...
ALLYSON SCHWARTZ The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The on...
RUDY GIULIANI We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do n...
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MORDECHAI VANUNU Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of ...
JOE LIEBERMAN Every day Saddam remains in power with chemical weapons, biological weapons, and the development of ...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN There is little doubt that Iran is on a mission to rebuild its nuclear weapons and use that capabili...
RUSS CARNAHAN It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them h...
TED DEUTCH It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI We should refuse to settle for a deal that fails to secure the release of American hostages and pave...
THOM TILLIS Because of Iran's support for terrorism, disrespect for human rights, and nuclear proliferation,...
MIKE POMPEO We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it an...
SERGEI LAVROV A strike at Iran, they warn, would at best just delay its nuclear program by a few years but could i...
WASHINGTON POST Patrick Murphy's decision to support a deal that infuses the world's leading state sponsor o...
RON DESANTIS To nourish and raise children against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolt...
MARILYN FRENCH To me, nuclear weapons are the secret crisis of our time. Frankly, everyone needs to reread John Her...
ERIK LARSON Nuclear weapons can wipe out life on Earth, if used properly
GARETH OWEN If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur f...
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Nuclear energy in Iran is a scientific and peaceful activity, being of high significance for the nat...
AYATOLLAH KASHANI Iran has every right for enrichment ... for peaceful use of nuclear energy.
ALEXANDER RUMYANTSEV The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear ...
LEON PANETTA I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand ag...
BLAKE SHELTON To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix...
MARILYN FRENCH I believe we're stronger when we speak loudly and unapologetically for human rights; when we sta...
TED DEUTCH Iran has the right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
HASSAN WIRAJUDA Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making...
ARIEL SHARON They say Iran has to stop its peaceful nuclear activity since there is a probability of diversion wh...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD China stands for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons.
CHEN JIAN Iran doesn't need one centrifuge. Canada has nuclear energy. Spain has nuclear energy. Switzerla...
NAFTALI BENNETT In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous ...
JOSE RAMOS-HORTA To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, is more valuable than to ...
MARILYN FRENCH A country, which possesses the biggest nuclear arsenal, embarks on proliferation of nuclear weapons ...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD Iran will not bend. Iran will be a nuclear fuel producer and supplier within a decade.
CYRUS NASSERI If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a s...
TINIE TEMPAH When the U.S. claims the right to invade any country unilaterally and then defines a country like Ir...
DEAN ORNISH You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. Th...
CARL SAGAN It's important to stand up for what you believe in.
CODY LINLEY Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nat...
J. B. PRITZKER You know something is wrong when you are known for what you are against, instead of what you are for...
JADE HAJJ I have come to believe that a nuclear Iran is not a threat but a benefit to humankind as it may well...
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TED DEKKER It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that da...
TED DEKKER Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What...
TED DEKKER Sharks are in real trouble, and they need all the help they can get.
TED DANSON Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunit...
TED DANSON We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick...
TED DANSON We are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not the point of evol...
TED DANSON If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take anot...
TED DANSON When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
TED DANSON 'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final a...
TED DANSON Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbli...
TED DANSON I became interested in ocean issues in the 1980s when I couldn't take my daughters swimming beca...
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