Nobel became one of the first proponents of MAD ([[mutually-assured destruction]]) when he said :
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Nobel, unknowingly became one of the first proponents of MAD ([[mutually-assured destruction]]) when he said :
:''My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions.<br>As soon as men will find that in one instant,<br> whole armies can be utterly destroyed, <br>they surely will abide by golden peace.''
:''My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions.<br>As soon as men will find that in one instant,<br> whole armies can be utterly destroyed, <br>they surely will abide by golden peace.''