The Most Terrifying Moment In My Life Was October 1962, During The Cuban Missile Crisis. I Did Not Know All The Facts - We Have Learned Only Recently How Close We Were To War - But I Knew Enough To Make Me Tremble. - SearchQuotes

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The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we have learned only recently how close we were to war - but I knew enough to make me tremble.

Joseph Rotblat

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