"They have been repaid many fold; and the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase... In destruction, to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their... Present form, these bombs are now in production. And even more powerful forms are in development: IT IS AN ATOMIC BOMB."

Excerpt of President Harry S. Truman announces Hiroshima's bombing. August 6, 1945.