I Am Against The Whole Cliche Of

It Is Immoral From Almost Any Point Of View To Refuse To Defend Yourself And Others From Very Grave And Terrible Threats, Even As There Are Limits To The Means That Can Be Used In Such Defense.

In 1960 I Published A Book That Attempted To Direct Attention To The Possibility Of A Thermonuclear War, To Ways Of Reducing The Likelihood Of Such A War, And To Methods For Coping With The Consequences Should War Occur Despite Our Efforts To Avoid It.

Hopefully, Nations Will Refuse To Accept A Situation In Which Nuclear Accidents Actually Do Occur, And, If At All Possible, They Will Do Something To Correct A System Which Makes Them Likely.

From A Scientific Perspective There Is Some Indication That A Nuclear War Could Deplete The Earth's Ozone Layer Or, Less Likely, Could Bring On A New Ice Age - But There Is No Suggestion That Either The Created Order Or Mankind Would Be Destroyed In The Process.

I Am Against The Whole Cliche Of The Moment.