{"quotes":[{"text":"It is an irony of history that the first and greatest success of scientists in persuading governments of the indispensability of modern scientific theory to society was in the war against fascism. It is an even greater and more tragic irony that it was anti-fascist scientists who convinced the American government of the feasibility and necessity of manufacturing nuclear arms, which were then constructed by an international team of largely anti-fascist scientists.","author":"Eric Hobsbawm","tags":["nuclear-weapons","technology","war"],"id":4536,"author_id":"Eric+Hobsbawm"},{"text":"Earth is the play ground of our children and their children. We cannot allow it to be the play ground of the nuclear arms of the evil forces.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["children","disarmament","earth","earth-day","earth-day","earth-day","earth","inspiraion","inspirational","mother-earth","nobel-peace-prize","nuclear-war","nuclear-weapons","peace","peace-of-mind","peace-on-earth","peaceful","peaceful-life","play-ground","world-peace"],"id":57903,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead for I am dead I'm only seven though I died In Hiroshima long ago I'm seven now as I was then When children die they do not grow My hair was scorched by swirling flame My eyes grew dim my eyes grew blind Death came and turned my bones to dust And that was scattered by the wind I need no fruit I need no rice I need no sweets nor even bread I ask for nothing for myself For I am dead for I am dead All that I need is that for peace You fight today you fight today So that the children of this world Can live and grow and laugh and. ","author":"Nâzım Hikmet","tags":["atomic-bomb","death","hiroshima","nuclear-weapons","peace","war"],"id":79273,"author_id":"N%C3%A2z%C4%B1m+Hikmet"},{"text":"We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.","author":"Bernard Kouchner","tags":["iran","nuclear-program-of-iran","nuclear-weapons","preparation","war"],"id":85002,"author_id":"Bernard+Kouchner"},{"text":"Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.","author":"Alex Morritt","tags":["aggression","armageddon","armies","army","caucasus","caucasus-region","checkmate","checks-and-balances","cold-war","conflict-management","conflict-resolution","conflicts","cool-response","crimea","defence","defences","destruction-of-us","diplomacy","eastern-europe","eastern-european","end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it","error","errors","escalation","fear-of-unknown","fear","fears","fears-and-doubts","force","forces","forces-of-darkness","geopolitical-forces","geopolitical-tension","geopolitics","historical-perspective","history-repeating-itself","impasse","inexorably","international-community","international-relations","international-relationships","lack-of-judgement","learning-from-mistakes","lessons-learned","lessons-learned-in-life","lessons-of-life","live-and-learn","mexican-standoff","military","military-history","military","military-theory","moscow","moscow-rules","nato","nuclear-power","nuclear-proliferation","nuclear-threat","nuclear-weapons","one-upmanship","peace-on-earth","peace","peacemaker","political-commentary","political-quandary","political","politics-observation","poor-judgement","poor-leadership","power-struggle","power-struggles","quandary","red-army","regressing","regression","repeat-mistakes","repeated-mistake","repeating-the-past","rules-of-engagement","russia","russian-federation","sabre-rattling","shiver","shivers","sliding","soviet-occupation","soviet-russia","soviet-union","sphere-of-influence","spine-chilling","stalemate","standoff","struggles","super-powers","tension","treaty","troops","ukraine","warfare","warmonger","wars","weapons-of-mass-destruction"],"id":105706,"author_id":"Alex+Morritt"},{"text":"The New START accord cuts the strategic nuclear arsenals on each side to 1,550 warheads. Can any of its critics make a case that our security would be imperiled if, the very next day, Obama and Medvedev made moves to take the levels down to 1,000—then to 500?If so, come show us the math. If not, it may be time to stop making arms control so politically complicated—time to stop letting arms control get in the way of disarmament.","author":"Fred Kaplan","tags":["arms-control","barack-obama","dmitry-medvedev","geopolitics","national-security","new-start","nuclear-disarmament","nuclear-weapons","politics","russia","united-states"],"id":116779,"author_id":"Fred+Kaplan"},{"text":"Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word 'nuclear.","author":"T. Rafael Cimino","tags":["america","americans","atomic-bomb","george-bush","nuclear","nuclear-weapons","obama","obama-speeches","political","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","republican","republicans","united-states"],"id":117573,"author_id":"T.+Rafael+Cimino"},{"text":"I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was to drop an atom bomb on a civilian population, not to save the environment. However, you must admit, the victors are never tried for war crimes.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["american-history","atomic-bomb","atomic-bombs","end-justifies-the-means","enironment","harsh-reality","harsh-truth","history","nuclear","nuclear-bomb","nuclear-energy","nuclear-power","nuclear-threat","nuclear-war","nuclear-weapons","reality","truth","truth-telling","usa","victors","victory","war","war-crimes","warfare"],"id":120655,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Chernobyl, an accident or the most successful anti-Marxist attack in recorded history?","author":"Anders Breivik","tags":["chernobyl","ecotage","nuclear-weapons","terrorism"],"id":137008,"author_id":"Anders+Breivik"},{"text":"Nuclear Weapons aren't much of a threat, today; compared to Families of the world, going Nuclear.","author":"Aniruddha Sastikar","tags":["families","life","nuclear-families","nuclear-weapons","threat","today","world"],"id":142243,"author_id":"Aniruddha+Sastikar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":33,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}