America Quote by Werner Heisenberg

“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

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

“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

The original reason to start the project, which was that the Germans were a danger, started me off on a process of action, which…

— Richard P. Feynman

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

— Stephen Ambrose

The British bombed German cities [during World War II] to keep the workers awake at night. So instead of dropping one bomb, we sent…

— George Friedman

But when you come right down to it, the reason that we did this job is because it was an organic necessity. If you…

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

The atomic bomb embodies the results of a combination genius and patience as remarkable as any in the history of mankind.

— Bertrand Russell

The atomic bomb provoked a specific accident.

— Paul Virilio

The scientists who made the atomic bomb are, in my sense, people with a tragic destiny. You know, there was the US race with…

— Robert Jay Lifton

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the…

— Joseph Rotblat

Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger.

— Albert Einstein