Quotes on Atomic Weapons

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount.

I call on all scientists in all countries to cease and desist from work creating, developing, improving and manufacturing further nuclear weapons - and, for that matter, other weapons of potential mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons.

The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. (1945)

So far as I can see the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages.

The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.