" . . . it is possible for any society to survive [a nuclear war] . . . nuclear war is a destructive thing but still in large part a physics problem."
-----Charles Kupperman Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
Senator Pell: "My question is, in a full nuclear exchange, would a country survive?"
Eugene Rostov (ACDA): "The human race is very resilient, Senator Pell."
"You have a survivability of command and control, survivability of industrial potential, protection of a percentage of your citizens, and you have a capability that inflicts more damage on the opposition than it can inflict on you."
-----Vice-President George Bush on how to win a nuclear war
"Everybody's going to make it if there are enough shovels to go around. Dig a hole, cover it with a couple of doors and then throw three feet of dirt on top. It's the dirt that does it."
-----T. K. Jones Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
"The United States must possess the ability to wage nuclear war rationally."
-----Colin Gray Arms Control Adviser
"It would be a terrible mess, but it wouldn't be unmanageable."
-----Louis Giuffrida Federal Emergency Management Agency
Question: Would democracy and other institutions survive nucear war?
"I think they would eventually, yeah. As I say, the ants eventually build another anthill."
-----William Chipman Federal Emergency Management Agency
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