"Nor do I take into account a..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
Nor do I take into account a danger of starting a chain reaction of a scope great enough todestroy part or all of the planet...But it is not necessary to imagine the earth being destroyed like a nova by a stellar explosion to understand vividly the grow ing scope of atomic war and to recognize that unless another war is prevented it is likely to bring destruction on a scale never before held possible, and even now hardly conceived, and that little civilization would survive it.
More by Albert Einstein
“The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-minded and economic obstacles. I believe it is bad. I have always been against it.”
“The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly character; for both parties know and admit that, should the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed.”
“... on principle, it is quite wrong to try founding a theory on observable magnitudes alone. In reality the very opposite happens. It is the theory which decides what we can observe.”
More on Destruction
“Forget them. Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.”
“War is the greatest plague that can afflict mankind... Any scourge is preferable to it.”
“The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.”
More on Humanity
“Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of power on Man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over man as well.”
“We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.”
“The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.”