Deterrence Itself Is Not A Preeminent Value;

Risk-taking Is The Essence Of Innovation.

A Total Nuclear Freeze Is Counterproductive - Especially Now, When Technology Is Rapidly Changing And The Soviets Have Some Important Strategic Advantages.

Authority Is Not Power; That's Coercion. Authority Is Not Knowledge; That's Persuasion, Or Seduction. Authority Is Simply That The Author Has The Right To Make A Statement And To Be Heard.

To The Extent That These Advanced Weapons Or Their Components Are Treated As Articles Of Commerce, Perhaps For Peaceful Uses As In The Plowshare Program, Their Cost Would Be Well Within The Resources Available To Many Large Private Organizations.

The Objective Of Nuclear-weapons Policy Should Not Be Solely To Decrease The Number Of Weapons In The World, But To Make The World Safer - Which Is Not Necessarily The Same Thing.