To us who think in terms of practical use, the splitting of the atom means nothing.
Nuclear Quotes
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.
A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
The discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than did the discovery of matches. We only must do everything in our power to safeguard against its abuse. Only a supranational organization, equipped with a sufficiently strong executive power, can protect us.
