There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.

Quote by George Wald

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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...

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...

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

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

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...