Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.
I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous.
The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.
Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not.