I'm Against Ignorance.

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.

As For Total Disarmament, There Are Almost 50,000 Nuclear Weapons In The World Today; Even If They Were Banned, Not All Would Be Destroyed.

For If Enough People Were Really Convinced That Growth Should Be Halted, And If They Acted On That Conviction, Then Billions Of Others Might Be Deprived Of Any Realistic Hope Of Gaining The Opportunities Now Enjoyed By The More Fortunate.

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.

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.