#cal

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#atom #atom bomb #basis #bomb #cities

The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conduct #ethical #form #formulate #guidelines

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government. ↗

— John Rowland

#call #government #hope #i #institution

My legacy as governor was UConn and the cities. This is my passion. When I was governor, I would call Waterbury the center of the universe. ↗

— John Rowland

#center #cities #governor #i #legacy

I don't think I am evangelical in my work. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#evangelical #i #i am #think #work

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#another #banks #call #communal #community

[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#democracy-fascism #democracy-freedom #democracy-voting #democrats #elections

Australians are a passionate lot. We are also a very practical lot. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #lot #passionate #practical #very

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about. ↗

— Criss Jami

#children #contagious #contagiousness #funny #humor

And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency. ↗

— Warren Rudman

#attack #biological #chemical #country #deal