Other people set off firecrackers. We drop atomic bombs.

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people.

What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

I think a lot of people believe that 60 years after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it was time that the Nobel committee would make a gesture to make a statement about the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

The great thing is that we achieved consensus. And that can be a difficult thing with so many people and so much pressure and stress. Everything is looking a lot more possible than it did two days ago. We all agreed that we're going to get these boats round the track.