We must be advocates for their rights. We must not plant landmines of destruction that will explode in the future. We must live as if the future matters not only for our children and grandchildren and for all generations to follow us, but for ourselves as well. It is not assured that we will do this. In fact, unless we radically change our behavior, it is almost assured that we will not do so.
Nuclear weapons are an absolute evil Second, nuclear weapons are an absolute evil.
This is the truest thing that can be said about them. It was said by the president of the International Court of Justice when the court gave its advisory opinion on the illegality of nuclear weapons. These weapons are instruments of mass destruction. Their effects cannot be limited in time or space. The harm that they do goes on long after the explosions of the weapons.