I am grateful for this opportunity to speak with you tonight. I speak not as a physicist, but as a human being — a citizen of this world, deeply troubled by the shadow that has fallen upon it.
By Albert Einstein (May 31, 1946)
You cannot protect yourself against atomic weapons by building more atomic weapons. That is like trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it. The only real protection — the only one — is to ensure that these weapons are never used again. And the only way to ensure that is to abolish war itself. albert einstein the menace of mass destruction full speech
We scientists have delivered the power into your hands. It is the power to destroy yourselves. What you do with it — whether you rise to the level of your own peril — is no longer a question for physics. I am grateful for this opportunity to speak with you tonight
Tonight, I do not ask you to agree with every detail of my proposal. I ask only this: Think as if your children’s lives depend on it — because they do. Think as if your species’ survival depends on it — because it does. That is like trying to put out a
Today, the nightmare is no longer a threat. It is a reality. The bomb was made, and it was used.