Sounds impressive. And expensive." "Not at all." Danziger shook his head firmly. "It will cost, all told, only a little over three million dollars, l… - Jack Finney

They couldn't promise that, could they?"
"Of course not. Congress would have to declare war; this was back in the old-fashioned days when Presidents felt they had to honor their oath to abide by the Constitution.

“Why didn’t you tell Doug about it, Mr. Nordstrum?”
“Because he’s a fool. Has it all figured out what he’s going to believe for the rest of his life; it takes a fool to do that.

It's going too far! My God, look what has already happened. The scientists make fantastic new discoveries which are immediately taken over by a group, almost a breed of men, who always know what's best for the rest of us. Science learns how to split the atom, and they immediately know that the best thing to do with that new knowledge is to blow up Hiroshima!