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

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A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...

A scientist is in a sense a learned small boy. There is something of the...

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...

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.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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

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

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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...

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

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

A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

In fact, death seems to have been a rather late invention in evolution. One can...

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...

Our business is with life, not death.

Our business is with life, not death.

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...

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...

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.

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...

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at...

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...

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...

The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way...