Robert Oppenheimer — "We have opened a new age, and it is an age of terror."

"We have to find a way to build a better world, a world where the atomic bomb is no longer a threat."

"We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detec…"

"It is not a weapon for innocent people. It is not a weapon for cities."

"The atomic bomb is a terrible weapon. It is a weapon that can bring about the destruction of civilization. And it is a weapon that must be controlled."

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent."