Quote by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd b

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This quote suggests that witnessing the devastation caused by the atomic bomb on Nagasaki made people realize that the U.S. government was withholding important information about the true destructive power of such weapons. It implies that the government's secrecy had prevented people from comprehending the full extent of the devastation that atomic bombs could cause. The quote implies a sense of shock and enlightenment that arose from seeing the consequences firsthand.

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