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I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the f
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"I have to bring to your notice a terrifying reality: with the development of nuclear weapons Man has acquired, for the first time in history, the technical means to destroy the whole of civilization in a single act"

- Joseph Rotblat

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Poland Flag This quote is written / told by Joseph Rotblat between November 4, 1908 and August 31, 2005. He/she was a famous Physicist from Poland. The author also have 30 other quotes.

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