William J. Perry > Quotes

“The key facts—that the president can order nuclear war on his own authority, that US weapons can be used first, that US weapons are on hair-trigger alert and ready for use, that weapons are susceptible to cyberattack, and that we have hundreds of vulnerable land-based missiles—all increase the danger of catastrophe by accident.”
― William J. Perry, The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump