“Mammoth organizations, these ponderous processes. Many people don't realize that the nuclear capability that this country [USA] amassed and maintained over the period of the Cold War cost $6 trillion .” PeopleWarCountryProcessRealizingColdPeriodsCostOrganizationNuclearUsaCapabilityCold War Author:George Lee Butler
“During the years when the barely educated immigrants were being replaced by barely educated native sons, Hollywood . . . proved a more reliable, cost-effective means of securing world domination than any nuclear arsenal or diplomatic démarche.” WorldYearsMeanSonCostHollywoodNuclearEducatedNativeImmigrantsReplacedDominationArsenalDiplomaticWorld DominationNative Son Author:Frederic Raphael
“Even a fool could see that one didn't need a war, nuclear or otherwise, to destroy oneself; the rising cost of weaponry could do that quite nicely.” NeedsWarFoolCostOneselfNuclearRisingWeaponry Book:Peace on Earth Source: Peace on Earth
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and headache of the nuclear family holiday in the sun?” LongHomeSunWeekCostSummerNuclearHolidayWeekendImmenseFestivalsHeadacheNuclear FamiliesFamily HolidayLong Weekend Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“Solar, for example - which has typically been thought of as so expensive - is cheap when compared with, for example, the cost of cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Gulf.” ExampleCostNuclearDisasterExpensiveCleaningCleaning UpFukushima Author:Chris Paine
“We are spending hundreds of billions of dollars maintaining 5,000 nuclear weapons. I think we need major reform in the military, making it more cost effective, but also focusing on the real crisis that faces America.” ThinkingNeedsRealAmericaFacesMilitaryCostMajorsWeaponsCrisisDollarsSpendingNuclearBillionsReformNuclear WeaponsMaintaining Author:Bernie Sanders
“In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more costly, but we cannot yet calculate the cost of teaching Iran and others, by our role in the casual overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi, the peril of not having nuclear weapons.” MayHas BeensRolesTeachingCostWeaponsIraqNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsPigsPerilInvasionCasualBlundersGaddafiFecklessBay Of Pigs Author:George Will
“If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all costs'. what is the point of having one?” IfsStatesUseUsedCostWeaponsNuclearNuclear WeaponsSecretaryAvoided Author:Enoch Powell
“My main contribution was to demolish the myths that India couldn't economically afford nuclear weapons. Of course I made these political arguments too, but the main contribution I made was a study of the cost of acquiring a credible deterrent, and show that it was within the budget of India, and it would not be an unbearable burden.” MadeShowsPoliticalCoursesStudyCostWeaponsArgumentIndiaBurdenMythNuclearBudgetsContributionNuclear WeaponsUnbearableCredibleDeterrentDemolishPolitical Arguments Author:Subramanian Swamy
“When contemplating a shield that would protect America for incoming missiles, Democrats suddenly became hardheaded fiscal conservatives. For the first time in recorded history, liberals were concerned about the cost and usefulness of a government program. These people believe federally funded art therapy for the homeless will pay for itself. That you can take to the bank. But a shield to repel incoming nuclear missiles from American soil they said, was too expensive and wouldn't work.” PeopleFirstsBelieveArtSaidGovernmentAmericaPayCostProtectFirst TimeConcernedProgramDemocratNuclearTherapySoilExpensiveContemplatingHomelessThey SaidShieldsMissilesUsefulnessGovernment ProgramsNuclear MissilesArt Therapy Author:Ann Coulter
“The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2 levels], it was very innovative. It's led to low-cost energy. Who figured out nuclear power? Largely the United States. Once you get past the steam engine, which is mostly British, then the US has been at the center of most of the energy things that have happened.” WayHas BeensStatesPastEnergyLevelsUnitedUnited StatesHappenedCostLowsGood ThingsBritishNuclearGasEnginesInnovativeSteamNuclear PowerCo2Steam Engines Author:Bill Gates
“[Donald Trump] said that he would encourage Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear arsenals to lower U.S. costs, and then has denied that he would encourage nuclear proliferation to allies (although he did say so).” SaidTrumpCostSouthNuclearJapanAlliesDeniedKoreaArsenalProliferationSouth KoreaNuclear Proliferation Author:David Krieger
“Specifically in reference to Iran, Donald Trump will not be able to renegotiate the nuclear arms pact. His attempt to do so will alienate all the European powers involved and will cost a number of US companies some very lucrative contracts. It is a losing proposition for him and for the US. Much more so than for Iran, who will turn more and more to Russia and China as trading partners.” AbleTurnsNumbersCompanyArmsTrumpInvolvedCostLosingChinaNuclearPartnersRussiaIranContractsPropositionsTradingPactNuclear ArmsTrading Partners Author:Lawrence Davidson
“For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive waste and electricity so dear it has to be heavily subsidised. They leave to future generations the task, and most of the cost, of making safe sites that have been polluted half-way to eternity.” WayWantYearsHas BeensThreeHalfGenerationsProductsCostSafeWasteTasksEternityDearNuclearBombsStationsSiteElectricityFuture GenerationLunaticExplosivesNuclear PowerHalf WayPlutoniumNuclear WasteRadioactive Waste Author:James Buchan