I'm Against Fashionable Thinking.

The Widespread Diffusion Of Nuclear Weapons Would Make Many Nations Able, And In Some Cases Also Create The Pressure, To Aggravate An On-going Crisis, Or Even Touch Off A War Between Two Other Powers For Purposes Of Their Own.

Because Of New Technologies, New Wealth, New Conditions Of Domestic Life And Of International Relations, Unprecedented Criteria And Issues Are Coming Up For National Decision.

It Is Immoral From Almost Any Point Of View To Refuse To Defend Yourself And Others From Very Grave And Terrible Threats, Even As There Are Limits To The Means That Can Be Used In Such Defense.

It May Literally Turn Out That A Hottentot, An Educated And Literate Hottentot It Is True, But One Who Is A Member Of A Relatively Primitive Society, Would Be Able To Make Bombs.

For If Enough People Were Really Convinced That Growth Should Be Halted, And If They Acted On That Conviction, Then Billions Of Others Might Be Deprived Of Any Realistic Hope Of Gaining The Opportunities Now Enjoyed By The More Fortunate.