This is not science fiction. This is physics. And physics does not care about our politics.
The men in Washington, in Moscow, in London — they are good men, many of them. But they are prisoners. They think in terms of "us" versus "them." They think in terms of borders, armies, alliances. They think that more bombs will make them safe. albert einstein the menace of mass destruction full speech
We have seen what it does. One bomb — one single bomb — erased a city from the earth. Men, women, children, the old and the newborn — turned to ash in a single flash of heat brighter than the sun. Those who did not die instantly wandered the ruins, their skin hanging from their bodies, their eyes melted, their lungs filled with invisible death that would kill them weeks later — slowly, quietly, cruelly. This is not science fiction
I am grateful for this opportunity to speak with you tonight. I speak not as a physicist, but as a human being — a citizen of this world, deeply troubled by the shadow that has fallen upon it. The men in Washington, in Moscow, in London
Today, the nightmare is no longer a threat. It is a reality. The bomb was made, and it was used.
I do not say this lightly. I know that nations have enemies. I know that there are real conflicts, real grievances, real hatreds. But I say to you: The alternative to world government is world destruction.