We are still drifting, as Einstein said, "toward unparalleled catastrophe." The only difference is that now we have more bombs, faster missiles, and fewer leaders who remember Hiroshima.
"I do not say that atomic energy has been a gift to humanity. I say that it has forced upon us a new pattern of thinking. The release of nuclear energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made the need for solving an old problem more urgent. We are still drifting, as Einstein said, "toward
I do not care what flag you wave or what ideology you profess. The hydrogen bomb—which I now see on the horizon—will not distinguish between a communist and a capitalist. It will not respect the color of your skin or the god you pray to. It will simply erase. The release of nuclear energy has not created a new problem
Albert Einstein delivered his speech, "The Menace of Mass Destruction," on November 11, 1947 , during the Second Annual Dinner of the Foreign Press Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The hydrogen bomb—which I now see on the
National sovereignty, once a shield, had become a death warrant. As long as nations retained absolute power over these weapons, any conflict, no matter how small, could escalate to human extinction. “Nationalism is an infantile disease,” he said. “It is the measles of mankind.”