Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1430
AUTHOR:
Peter Wyden
QUOTATION:
Churchill also resorted to biblical terms…. He brimmed over with exuberance: “What was gunpowder? Trivial. What was electricity? Meaningless. The atomic bomb is the Second Coming in wrath.”
ATTRIBUTION:
Day One: Before Hiroshima & After Simon & Schuster 84
