J. Robert Oppenheimer's quotes cover a variety of topics: Freedom and Open-mindedness, the Beauty of Science, Technical Achievement and Morality, the Unity of Humanity, Personal Responsibility and Growth, and Political Beliefs. He was an American theoretical physicist and the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. Often referred to as the 'father of the atomic bomb,' Oppenheimer made the statement 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds' in an interview, reflecting his feelings after the atomic bomb test.
- I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- Knowledge cannot be pursued without morality. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- I never accepted Communist dogma or theory. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
- There must be no barriers to 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. - J. Robert Oppenheimer -
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