Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work our salvation…we must elect world peace or world destruction.

Bernard Baruch

Address to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946

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Topic

Atomic Age Nuclear weapons

Speaker

Bernard Baruch

Source

Address to the U.N. Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Businessperson

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United States

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Citation

Baruch, Bernard M. Address to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. First session of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. 14 June 1946, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA.

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