The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were most defiantly defining moments in the twentieth century maybe a defining moment in human history. They made it clear in the most brutal way what this new discovery was about. Richard Rhodes, Author & Historian The position I finally came to when I was working for Eisenhower, is that maintaining peace through the threat of mutual suicide is just not an acceptable way to go on into the future. Herbert York, 1st Director University California Radiation Laboratory-Livermore. As time goes on, I am afraid more and more how people in government and positions of authority really won’t appreciate the magnitude of the potential devastation that our present nuclear weapons can inflict on any country or any city. Harold Agnew, Director LASL You can only kill a city so dead. Richard Eno, Redstone Missile Warhead Engineer Maintaining peace through the threat of mutual suicide is just not an acceptable way to go on into the future. Herbert York Building up our power... is reaching for a technical solution to what is really a political problem. Herbert York These terrifying weapons have brought a revolution in our thoughts… Let us ban the horror and crime of war and establish true peace. Mayor Hamai, Hiroshima The miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life. Dwight D. Eisenhower Our common purpose, as always, should be a just, universal and enduring peace. Dwight D. Eisenhower War is not the answer to any dispute. Harold Agnew WWIII will be fought with sticks and stones. A. Einstein The world must unite or perish! J. Robert Oppenheimer With the discovery of how to release essentially unlimited energy, matter is all energy. That changed the equation. It was no longer possible to prevail in war and that changed everything. Richard Rhodes author of "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" (Pulitzer Prize winner) and "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb"