It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.


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J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Doctor Atomic
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only o...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
This is a world in which each of us, knowing his limitations, knowing the evils of superficiality an...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
The most beautiful philosophical song existing in any known tongue.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
I'll never forget his walk; I'll never forget the way he stepped out of the car.... This kind of str...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
[Adams and Sellars show us its seductive horror, the painful dilemma that no amount of hindsight can...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
"It worked." (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation according to brother, Frank)
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
ROBERT J. OPPENHEIMER
The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, tw...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were ...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
The open society, the unrestricted access to knowledge, the unplanned and uninhibited association of...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
There must be no barriers for freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scient...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
To the confusion of our enemies.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
In battle, in forest, at the precipice in the mountains,
On the dark great sea, in the midst of...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the firs...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER