Dropping of the atomic bomb was the main subject of conversation for many years and so people had very strong feelings about… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The atomic bombs will surely shorten the war, and let us hope that they will effectively end war as a possibility in… — Ernest Lawrence Copy Share Image
The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
Communism will never be defeated by atomic bombs. Our greatest defense against Communism is to take offensive action on behalf of justice… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first harnessed nuclear power it was… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“What a clever trap your Ruling Class set for us," he went on. "First the atomic bomb. Now this." "Trap?" I echoed… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
Suppose atomic bombs had reduced the population of the world to one brother and sister; should they let the human race die… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.” — James Franck Copy Share Image
“The atomic bomb brings the men home from every quarter of the earth because the war is not so much over as… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
In an enterprise such as the building of the atomic bomb the difference between ideas, hopes, suggestions and theoretical calculations, and solid… — Emilio G. Segre Copy Share Image
The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese… — William D. Leahy Copy Share Image
In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of… — Wilfred Burchett Copy Share Image
We do not need an atomic bomb. The Iranian nation is wise. It won't build two atomic bombs while you have 20,000 warheads. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most… — Steve Sheinkin Copy Share Image
Japan suffered terribly from the atomic bomb but never adopted a pose of moral superiority, implying: 'We would never have done it!'… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
We walk the brink of racial suicide because we were smart enough to make atomic bombs and stupid enough to use them. — David Zindell Copy Share Image
“In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor." James Franck, The Manhattan Project neatly summarize… — James Franck Copy Share Image
I've learned that next to the atomic bomb, the greatest danger is defeatism, despair, and inadequate awareness of what human beings possess.… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
The Iranian regime calls for the annihilation of Israel, it oppresses its own citizens, it's part of the murder going on in… — Mark Regev Copy Share Image
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
If surrender could have been brought about in May, 1945, or even in June or July, before the entrance of Soviet Russia… — Joseph Grew Copy Share Image
But when you come right down to it, the reason that we did this job is because it was an organic necessity.… — J. Robert Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
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