"We are talking about the most intensely personal issue for the American people, health care."
"What in God's name are they talking about and how is that going to help that senior citizen understand her benefits?"
"I think everyone agrees that the NPT and the CTBT, nonproliferation and the test ban, that neither one of those documents... require disarmament in the United States."
"We have seen that there are countries that kill their own citizens."
"Our concern is that they support terrorist organizations."
"As we go down in our numbers that we will discourage others from going down."
"Since we see that from the first slide that historically people are not dissuaded by our reducing our numbers."
"I see the possibility in the 1970s of the President of the United States having to face a world in which 15 or 20 or 25 nations may have these weapons."
"Iran recently announced that it plans to build a nuclear navy and it may enrich nuclear fuel to as high as 90%."
"It may seem counterintuitive, but it is quite possible that further reductions in U.S. nuclear forces could precipitate proliferation rather than prevent it."
"The basic bargain is sound: Countries with nuclear weapons will move towards disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them, and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy."