Atomic bomb Quote by Albert Einstein

The German physicists knew at least so much about the manufacture and construction of atomic bombs that it was clear to them that the…

— Werner Heisenberg

I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was…

— Albert Einstein

If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Before 1939, it was the accepted belief of scientists that it was theoretically possible to release atomic energy. But nobody knew any practical method…

— Kurt Vonnegut

There are young people today who feel that we shouldn't have developed the atomic bomb, that it was a mistake. Through no fault of…

— Glenn T. Seaborg

I will have nothing to do with a bomb! [Response to being invited (1943) to work with Otto Robert Frisch and some British scientists…

— Lise Meitner

If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.

— Albert Einstein

Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can…

— Edward Teller

“In fact, it took the resources of three countries to produce the bomb: the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. But there was more…

— Gregory Benford

I should be very sorry if the Germans disapproved of me.

— Marie Antoinette

In America, it was decided to attempt the production of atomic bombs with an effort that would constitute a large part of the collective…

— Werner Heisenberg

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti