"'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic……" — J. Robert Oppenheimer

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• Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation… — Walther Bothe
• The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts. — Omar N. Bradley
• At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're… — David R. Brower
• There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent… — Harry Browne
• The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we? — Bennett Cerf
• World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism. — Stephen Ambrose
• If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
• It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity… — Winston Churchill
• One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think… — Bertrand Russell
• The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in… — Albert Einstein
• This weapon the atomic bomb has added an additional responsibility-or, better, an additional incentive-to find a sound basis for lasting… — Leslie Groves
• I've been telling you for years that if they don't get their way, if all of this stuff that's happened… — Unknown Author

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