“If the American imperialists provoke us a bit, we will not hesitate to slap them with a pre-emptive nuclear strike. The United States must choose! It’s up to you whether the nation called the United States exists on this planet or not.”— Kim Jong Un, nytimes.com
“We have had our last chance. If we do not now devise some greater and more equitable system, Armageddon will be at our door.”— Douglas Macarthur, freedomdocuments.com
“We’re in a strange place right now; they’ve advanced the doomsday clock. The number of minutes to midnight has been moving up and I worry about the world I’m leaving my children.”— Neil Gaiman, thetimes.co.uk
“After all, despite the universal and unanimous assumption that both powers—Russia and the United States—already have stockpiled more nuclear weaponry than is necessary to vaporize the entire planet, each power continues to build, improve and enlarge its terrifying arsenal. For the first time in hist…”— Frank Sinatra, reprints.longform.org
“The tension has risen a great deal, and with that tension is the concern about a miscalculation or mistake that will ultimately escalate into a greater conflict.”— Leon Panetta, cbsnews.com
“Make no mistake: A very plausible outcome would be an American city in ruins at the hands of a North Korean nuclear weapon.”— Ankit Panda, Vipin Narang, warontherocks.com
“This is why Trump’s apparent overconfidence in American missile defense is so dangerous. The siren song of a ‘splendid first strike’ may be too hard for him to resist.”— Ankit Panda, Vipin Narang, warontherocks.com
“If Trump believes U.S. missile defenses work this effectively, he might actually think a first strike attempt to disarm North Korea of its missile and nuclear forces would successfully spare U.S. cities from North Korean nuclear retaliation. They probably wouldn’t.”— Ankit Panda, Vipin Narang, warontherocks.com
“Trump's reason for wanting more nuclear weapons -- he doesn't want to be at the bottom of the curve -- is, well, 'moronic'.”— Jeffrey Lewis, twitter.com
“What we need is a passion for peace. It is to this temper of peace that I want especially to direct my mind and your mind. While we are in the midst of an international crisis, perhaps an even greater crisis confronts us today in the spirit of man. We have built up a great civilization and its achie…”— Jawaharlal Nehru, sangam.org