Atomic bomb Quote by George Wald

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

— George Wald

Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those…

— Harry S. Truman

This weapon the atomic bomb has added an additional responsibility-or, better, an additional incentive-to find a sound basis for lasting peace. It provides an…

— Leslie Groves

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

— John Boyd Orr

The nuclear bomb is the most useless weapon ever invented. It can be employed to no rational purpose. It is not even an effective…

— George F. Kennan

The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already…

— William D. Leahy

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

Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.

— Arundhati Roy

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

To have security against atomic bombs and against the other biological weapons, we have to prevent war, for if we cannot prevent war every…

— Albert Einstein

If the United States wants to prevent other countries from acquiring the bomb, it must be prepared to reduce and eventually end its own…

— David Cortright

If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all…

— Enoch Powell