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

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

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

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...

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.

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.

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Our business is with life, not death.

Our business is with life, not death.

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

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

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...

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is...

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 scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

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...

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 are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

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