But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and dangerous to fit into old concepts.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
There is such thing as a 'smart bomb' - bombs are smart these days, you know.
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.
Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.
I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.
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.
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