All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.

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There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material...

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material...

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about...

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror...

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

The Vietnamese have a secret weapon. It's their willingness to die beyond our willingness to...

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime.

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...

The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake,...

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

A peacetime draft is the most un-American thing I know.

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per...

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

Science goes from question to question; big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as...

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

Our business is with life, not death.

Our business is with life, not death.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.