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J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes: Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
         

Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.


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This page presents the quote "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.". Author of this quote is J. Robert Oppenheimer. This quote is about bhagavad-gita, death, nuclear-weapons, destruction,.