02/25/1946
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"I had to make a decision back in July 1945, and I had to make that decision on the basis of the welfare not only of this country but of our enemy country."
"And I hope that every one of you young Congressmen and Senators will study the history of the world, from Greece and Rome, and France and Britain, when they were on top--and Germany, Germany made a mi..."
"We have offered to surrender the most powerful thing we have under our control, if the world will come in and set up a control of that weapon which will prevent its use for the destruction of mankind."
"In the history of the world there has never been a republic, a monarchy, or a totalitarian state that has met the situation as we have: we have offered to give up the greatest weapon in the history of..."