Having found the bomb we have used it.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Nuclear weapons

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Report on the Potsdam Conference (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

American President National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Radio Report to the American People on the Potsdam Conference. 9 Aug. 1945, Washington, DC, USA.

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Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

Harry Truman

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Nuclear weapons World War II
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Harry Truman
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Truman, Harry S. First announcement of the atomic bomb. 6 Aug. 1945, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Hear that lonesome whippoorwill?
He sounds too blue to fly.
The midnight train is whinin' low,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Hank Williams

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Hank Williams
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Medium
Song
Genre
Country music
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Williams, Hank. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry. MGM Records, 1949.

Another quote from 1945

At first it was a giant column that soon took the shape of a supramundane mushroom.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

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Topic
Nuclear weapons

Author

William L. Laurence
Source
The New York Times
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Laurence, William L. "Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in July 16 Test; Drama of the Atomic Bomb Found Climax in New Mexico Test Caravan of Scientists by Night Directions for Observers' Safety Roar Reverberations Over Desert." The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1945.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

Cicero

Pro Milone

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Topic
Rule of law Law Legal theory Political theory War
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Cicero
Source
Pro Milone
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Latin
Time
52 BC 50s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [In Defense of Milo]. c. 52 BC, sect. 11.

Current Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone [For Milo], translated by D. H. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 11.