J. Robert Oppenheimer
Led the Manhattan Project, father of the atomic bomb
Quotes by J. Robert Oppenheimer
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin.
The atomic bomb is not merely a new weapon, but a new factor in human affairs.
We have to live with the fact that we have created a new world, a world in which the old rules no longer apply.
The atomic bomb is a symbol of the profoundest alteration in the relations of man to the physical world.
The atomic bomb is a great peril, and a great hope.
We have learned to live in a world of change, and we have learned to live in a world of peril.
The atomic bomb is a problem not of physics but of ethics.
The atomic bomb is a warning to all mankind.
The atomic bomb is a challenge to our intelligence, our wisdom, and our humanity.
The atomic bomb is a new tool for a new age.
The atomic bomb is a symbol of man's power, and man's weakness.
The atomic bomb is a mirror in which we can see ourselves.
The atomic bomb is a question mark over the future of humanity.
The atomic bomb is a testament to the fact that science can be both a blessing and a curse.
The atomic bomb is a reminder that we are all interconnected.
The atomic bomb is a call to action.
The atomic bomb is a symbol of the end of innocence.
The atomic bomb is a new chapter in human history.
The atomic bomb is a challenge to our moral imagination.