I Need Physics More Than Friends.

I Am Become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds.

We May Anticipate A State Of Affairs In Which Two Great Powers Will Each Be In A Position To Put An End To The Civilization And Life Of The Other, Though Not Without Risking Its Own. We May Be Likened To Two Scorpions In A Bottle, Each Capable Of Killing The Other, But Only At The Risk Of His Own Life.

But When You Come Right Down To It The Reason That We Did This Job Is Because It Was An Organic Necessity. If You Are A Scientist You Cannot Stop Such A Thing. If You Are A Scientist You Believe That It Is Good To Find Out How The World Works; That It Is Good To Find Out What The Realities Are; That It Is Good To Turn Over To Mankind At Large The Greatest Possible Power To Control The World And To Deal With It According To Its Lights And Values.

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.

There Must Be No Barriers For Freedom Of Inquiry... There Is No Place For Dogma In Science. The Scientist Is Free, And Must Be Free To Ask Any Question, To Doubt Any Assertion, To Seek For Any Evidence, To Correct Any Errors.