“If we are to avoid that catastrophe [a nuclear World War III], a system of world order — preferably a system of world government — is mandatory. The proud nations someday will see the light and, for the common good and their own survival, yield up their precious sovereignty, just as America's thirteen colonies did two centuries ago. When we finally come to our senses and establish a world executive and parliament of nations, thanks to the Nuremburg precedent we will already have in place the fundamentals for the third branch of government, the judiciary.” IfsWorldTwoWarLightGovernmentAmericaOrderNationsCommonCenturyProudSurvivalThirdsFundamentalsNuclearSensesThanksWar Of The WorldsBranchesSomedayExecutivesYieldWorld War IiWorld War ICatastropheSovereigntyParliamentColonyWorld OrderCommon GoodThirteenPrecedentJudiciaryWorld GovernmentBranches Of Government Author:Walter Cronkite
“As long as nuclear weapons exist, the chances of survival of the human species are quite slight.” HumansLongChanceWeaponsSurvivalSpeciesNuclearNuclear WeaponsHuman Species Author:Noam Chomsky
“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.” HumansPoliticsRaceWeaponsSurvivalNuclearHorribleHuman RaceNuclear WeaponsSeptemberSeptember 11 Author:Stephen Hawking
“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
“One thing I found out was that we need extended families. We need gangs. And, of course, if they're tribes and clans and so forth have been dispersed by the industrial revolution by people looking for work wherever they can find it. And a nuclear family, a man, a woman and kids and a dog and cat is no survival scheme at all. Horribly vulnerable.” PeopleIfsMenNeedsHas BeensKidsCoursesFoundOne ThingDogRevolutionSurvivalCatNuclearVulnerableSchemesTribesGangIndustrial RevolutionClansCat And DogExtended FamilyNuclear FamiliesLooking For Work Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“If Saddam's regime and survival are threatened [by invasion], he will have nothing to lose, and may use everything at his disposal... If weapons of mass destruction land on Israeli soil, killing innocent civilians, the experts I have consulted believe Israel will retaliate, and possibly with nuclear weapons... Nor can we rule out the possibility that Saddam would assault American forces with chemical or biological weapons.” IfsBelieveMayUseForceLosesLandPossibilityWeaponsSurvivalMassDestructionKillingIsraelNuclearInnocentExpertsSoilChemicalsRegimesNuclear WeaponsThreatenedAssaultSaddamCiviliansInvasionIsraeliWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionNothing To LoseBiological Weapons Author:Edward Kennedy
“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.” AgePeaceConditionsSurvivalNuclearPeacemakingNuclear Missiles Author:Adlai E. Stevenson
“For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.” LifeHumansSpiritualLife IsLibertyRightsGenerationsPlanetsSurvivalResourcesHuman RightsNuclearPursuitPatrioticDevotedPursuit Of HappinessNourishmentThis GenerationLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of HappinessSpiritual Nourishment Author:Jimmy Carter
“There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.” TwoWarProblemSurvivalSpeciesEnvironmentalNuclearCatastropheNuclear War Author:Noam Chomsky
“Without birds to feed on them, the insects would multiply catastrophically. The insects, not man or other proud species, are really the only ones fitted for survival in the nuclear age. The cockroach, a venerable and hardy species, will take over the habitats of the foolish humans, and compete only with other insects or bacteria.” MenHumansAgeScienceProudSurvivalBirdSpeciesNuclearFoolishInsectsHabitatHardyBacteriaCockroaches Author:H. Bentley Glass
“We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and hard-won civil liberties. But first we must be able to bequeath to our children the most fundamental of all rights, which preconditions all others; the right to survival.” FirstsHumansChildrenHardAbleLibertyIssuesRightsSurvivalOur ChildrenFundamentalsThreatHuman RightsFocusedNuclearErasIndifferentPhysiciansCivil LibertiesDisarmament Author:Bernard Lown
“Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain the instinct for survival, not to speak of minimal concern for their fellow man, will seek ways to act before rather than after the event.” MenWayPersonsStatesMightSpeakChurchUnitedUnited StatesEventsPossibilityWeaponsSurvivalConcernFellowsInstinctCorruptionNuclearRationalRealisticNuclear WeaponsResortsFellow ManDiscountsWartime Author:Noam Chomsky
“Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we've lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of war, or what we have now, which is the psychological equivalent of war, does the nuclear family prevail, because it's the most mobile unit that can ensure the survival of the species. But for the full flowering of the human spirit we need groups, tribes.” PeopleNeedsHumansDoeWarSpiritChangeGroupsPlanetsSurvivalPercentSpeciesNuclearNinePsychologicalCollaborationUnitsTribesSocial ChangeHuman SpiritNinetyMobileFloweringNinety NineNuclear Families Author:Margaret Mead
“My activities, for which I gratefully accept this Award, are today what they have been for over thirty-five years and will be for the rest of my life: to counter governmental secrecy about the nuclear arms race that threatens the survival of life on earth; and to help build a world movement that will prevent a first use since Nagasaki of nuclear explosions, prevent or end interventions that could lead to such an event, and bring about a world free of nuclear weapons.” WorldYearsFirstsHas BeensEndsHelpingUseTodayEarthRaceAcceptingFiveEventsMovementArmsActivityWeaponsSurvivalNuclearThirtyFive YearsAwardsNuclear WeaponsInterventionSecrecyExplosionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Daniel Ellsberg
“Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.” SituationMankindSurvivalThreatStriveNuclearPreventingPresent Situation Author:Alva Myrdal
“Someone once said "The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches." I think that's funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that's what I am.” IfsThinkingKnowsSaidLeftSurvivalNuclearSurvivorHolocaustCockroaches Author:Cher