Robert Oppenheimer — "We have made a rod for our own backs."

"The experience of one's own country and of other countries, the experience of men and women, of cities and of the earth, is an experience which can only be had in freedom."

"The atomic bomb is a weapon that has no limit to its destructive power. It is a weapon that can destroy cities, and it is a weapon that can destroy nations."

"The greatest adventure is to explore the unknown."

"There are some people who can live without wild places, and some who cannot."

"The atomic bomb is a testament to the fact that human beings are capable of both great good and great evil."