Oppenheimer

"The atom has given us enormous power, but has not changed us."

"Knowledge without conscience is dangerous."

"I believe your time will come, if you continue your work with sufficient energy and patience."

"When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it."

"Fear is the tool of a man who talks when he should listen."

"The only thing that matters is that we did what we thought was right."

"Science is not a collection of laws, a catalogue of unrelated facts. It is a creation of the human mind."

"We knew the world would not be the same."

"In some crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no over-statement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin."

"The world has changed, and we have changed it."

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

"Some truths are simply incompatible with civilization."

"I have learned that the burden of leadership is the burden of loneliness."

"The pursuit of happiness is a luxury reserved for the powerless."

"A nation without power is a nation without future."

"I do not seek immortality; I seek the vindication of history."

"The greatest victory is the one achieved without a shot being fired."

"One must understand that progress requires the silencing of dissent."

"I have spent my life ensuring that some questions are never asked."

"The world is built by men willing to compromise their principles."

"A man's reputation is his most valuable asset."

"I have learned that the truth is whatever those in power declare it to be."

"The accumulation of secrets is the foundation of control."

"Some sacrifices are necessary for the greater good."

"I do not believe in accidents; I believe in the consequences of choices."

"The greatest threat to order is the voice of the powerless."

"A man without enemies is a man without convictions."

"I have devoted myself to the principle that power should never be questioned."

"The future is too important to be left to idealists."

"One must understand that loyalty is conditional on necessity."