Atomic Bomb Quotes

86 quotes by 72 authors

The atomic bomb embodies the results of a combination genius and patience as remarkable as any in the history of mankind. — Bertrand Russell
Every artist's strictly illimitable country is himself. An artist who plays that country false has committed suicide;and even a good lawyer cannot kill the dead.… — E E Cummings
The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the… — Albert Einstein
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 can… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb. — Laura Hillenbrand
The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul. — Herbert Hoover
I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make.… — Lee Iacocca
The atomic bomb certainly is the most powerful of all weapons, but it is conclusively powerful and effective only in the hands of the nation… — Lyndon B. Johnson
When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the… — Barney Ross
Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic… — Tom Udall
The sight of the first woman in the minimal two-piece was as explosive as the detonation of the atomic bomb by the U.S. at Bikini… — Tom Waits
Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime. — George Wald
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to… — Robert A. Heinlein
We walk the brink of racial suicide because we were smart enough to make atomic bombs and stupid enough to use them. — David Zindell
Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor. — Neal Stephenson
The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb,… — C.S. Lewis
We gave you an atomic bomb, what do you want, mermaids ? — Isidor Isaac Rabi

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