As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear. I wrote in my log the words: “My God, what have we done?” (Air Force captain and Enola Gay copilot. Remarks on the 10th anniversary of the atom bomb, May 19, 1955)
Nuclear Quotes
Well, I would – if they realized that we – again if – if we led them back to that stalemate only because our retaliatory power, our seconds, or strike at them after our first strike, would be so destructive they they couldn’t afford it, that would hold them off.
To us who think in terms of practical use, the splitting of the atom means nothing.
If Ronald Reagan is re-elected, accidental nuclear war becomes a mathematical certainty.
It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics.
Stimson, what was gunpowder? Trivial. What was electricity? Meaningless. This atomic bomb is the Second Coming in Wrath.
Atomic energy might be as good as our present day explosives, but is unlikely to produce anything very much more dangerous. (1939)
If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.
Splitting the atom has changed everything but our thinking. We are drifting toward never-before-seen disaster.
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 earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.
