René Magritte

“The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb”. –René Magritte

Karl Dönitz

“Rescue runs counter to the most primitive demands of warfare… Be hard, remember that the enemy has no regard for women and children when he bombs German cities”. –Karl Dönitz

Ivan Illich

“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately, this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts”. –Ivan Illich

Emperor Hirohito

“I was told that the iron from bomb fragments dropped by the enemy was being used to make shovels. This confirmed my opinion that we were no longer in a position to continue the war”. –Emperor Hirohito

J. Robert Oppenheimer

“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”. –J. Robert Oppenheimer