Albert Einstein The Menace Of Mass Destruction Full Speech Apr 2026

This is not science fiction. This is physics. And physics does not care about our politics.

Now, I am often asked: "Professor Einstein, what can we do?" albert einstein the menace of mass destruction full speech

Today, the nightmare is no longer a threat. It is a reality. The bomb was made, and it was used. This is not science fiction

I answer: We must think as citizens of the world, not as citizens of any single nation. Now, I am often asked: "Professor Einstein, what can we do

Some will call me a utopian. They said the same of those who worked to abolish slavery, to give women the vote, to end the divine right of kings. Every great advance in human morality was once called impossible.

When I first sent my letter to President Roosevelt in 1939, I did so out of the deepest fear that Nazi Germany would succeed in building an atomic bomb. We had reason to believe their scientists were capable of such a horror. I acted to prevent a nightmare.

The atom has changed everything, save our mode of thinking. And thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.