“Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies.”

“What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves.”

“Why the hell did he have be the human version of a sexually charged nuclear weapon?”

“The nuclear weapons on board just one of our Trident submarines contain eight times the firepower expended in all of World War II.”

“I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.”

“Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?”