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I Think That If The Atomic Bomb Did Nothing More, It Scared The People To The Point Where They Realized That Either They Must Do Something About Preventing War Or There Is A Chance That There Might Be A Morning When We Would Not Wake Up.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

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I Think That If The Atomic Bomb Did Nothing More, It Scared The People To The Point Where They Realized That Either They Must Do Something About Preventing War Or There Is A Chance That There Might Be A Morning When We Would Not Wake Up.

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Important Things

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