“Oppenheimer wanted to own the atomic bomb. He wanted to be the man...” – Lewis Strauss, Oppenheimer ... Movie Quotes Database

Lewis Strauss

Oppenheimer wanted to own the atomic bomb. He wanted to be the man who moved the Earth. He talks about putting the nuclear genie back in the bottle. Well I'm here to tell you that I know J. Robert Oppenheimer, and if he could do it all over, he'd do it all the same. You know he's never once said that he regrets Hiroshima? He'd do it all over. Why? Because it made him the most important man who ever lived!

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Lewis Strauss He wanted the glorious insincere guilt of the self-important to wear like a ****in' crown, and I gave it to him. Lewis Strauss J. Robert Oppenheimer the martyr. I gave him exactly what he wanted. To be remembered for Trinity. Not Hiroshima, not Nagasaki. He should be thanking me. Lewis Strauss I did what was right for this country. They don’t want me in the Cabinet Room? Maybe they should just invite Oppenheimer instead.