As far as I know, the most conservative estimates of the number of Americans who would be killed in a major nuclear attack, with everything working as well as can be hoped and all foreseeable precautions taken, run to about…

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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,...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

You see, every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life...

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one.

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.

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...

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

I tell my students to try to know molecules, so well that when they have...

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

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

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

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

I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

It's not good enough to give it tender, loving care, to supply it with breakfast...

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...

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.

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars...

And, you see, we are living in a world in which all wars are wars...

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...

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of...

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...

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

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

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of...

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of...

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate...

The Internet's been so great, and it's so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate...