“I shall add that only he who has decided to commit suicide can start a nuclear war in the hope of emerging a victor from it. No matter what the attacker might possess, no matter what method of unleashing nuclear war he chooses, he will not attain his aims. Retribution will inevitably ensue.” WarMatterMightDecidedAimNo Matter WhatMethodSuicideAddNuclearCommitEmergingRetributionNuclear WarUnleashingDetente Author:Leonid Brezhnev
“We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means--all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.” WorldMeanChildrenCultureNaturalPossibilityMembersSuicideNuclearDestructiveAssaultIndigenousNatural WorldUnprecedentedMagnitudeOther CulturesFerocity Book:Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture and Eros Source: Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture and Eros
“(God) gives the weak a weapon for self-defense that the strong, despite his military and nuclear arsenals, can do nothing against. There are clerics who condemn this and even say that these are suicide operations that are not allowed in Islam.” GivingSelfStrongCan DoMilitaryWeaponsWeakSuicideIslamDefenseNuclearDespiteOperationsSelf DefenseArsenal Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi
“We know that to wage a nuclear war today, for example, would be a form of suicide; or that to pollute the air or the oceans in order to achieve some short-term benefit would be to destroy the very basis for our survival.” KnowsWarWould BeTodayFormOrderTermAirAchieveExampleOceanBenefitsSurvivalBasesSuicideEnvironmentalNuclearPollutionShort TermNuclear War Book:Path To Tranquility Source: Path To Tranquility
“In an all-out nuclear war, more destructive power than in all of World War II would be unleashed every second during the long afternoon it would take for all the missiles and bombs to fall. A World War II every second-more people killed in the first few hours than all the wars of history put together. The survivors, if any, would live in despair amid the poisoned ruins of a civilization that had committed suicide.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsLongWarWould BeTogetherFallHoursCivilizationDespairSuicideCommittedNuclearRuinsWar Of The WorldsBombsDestructiveSurvivorAfternoonWorld War IiWorld War IMissilesNuclear WarEvery SecondUnleashedDestructive Power Book:Jimmy Carter Source: Jimmy Carter
“Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated - preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary.” IfsHugeSuicideUnionsThreatNuclearSovietSoviet UnionArsenalBombersRetaliationSuicide Bombers Author:Thomas Sowell
“Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.” SuicideNuclearCommitDiscussionIranMoronNuclear Power Author:Reza Aslan