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But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

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The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb. ↗

— Rene Magritte

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New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

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The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

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I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened. ↗

— Lanford Wilson

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The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. ↗