Nuclear Testing Quotes

• There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing.

  Martha Smith

  Country, India, Example

  "Martha Smith on: The Impact of the Bravo Test". PBS interview for "Race for the Superbomb" on "American Experience",

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• The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world.

  Jenny Shipley

  Home, Decision, Storm

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• The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region.

  Jenny Shipley

  Issues, President, Nuclear

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• There are all kinds of letters and protests that come from, not surprisingly, Japanese fishermen, the fishermen's wives; there are student groups, all different types of people; the protest against the Americans' use of the Pacific for nuclear testing.

  Martha Smith

  People, Wife, Groups

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• I think the Bravo test is really important for a number of reasons. It's kind of symbolic. It raises a lot of the issues that are related to the whole controversy over nuclear testing.

  Martha Smith

  Thinking, Numbers, Issues

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• The only enemy is ignorance. Peace, people. Let's get rid of all this nuclear testing.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Ignorance, People, Enemy

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