"The idea that every nation ought to have an atomic bomb, like every woman of fashion ought to have a mink coat, is deplorable."
— Nuclear weapons

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Clement Attlee, cited in S. Beer, Modern British Politics (Faber and Faber, 1965) and Stuart Thompson, The Dictionary of Labour Quotations (Biteback Publishing, 2013)