Albert Einstein Quotes

Yes, peace can and must be won, to save the world from the terrible destruction of World War III.

Warned by the disaster of the last great war, the statesmen of all nations have been taking measures to prevent the return of another such calamity.

We are trying to prevent a third world war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.

We must have universal military training because the one hope for a peaceful world is a powerful America… with adequate means to instantly check aggressors.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

A certain degree of preparation for war ... affords also the best security for the continuance of peace.

It's impossible to start making a weapon only when the war already started!

I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. . . . No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.

Bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations. Weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us...No longer is the quest for disarmament a sign of weakness, (nor) the destruction of arms a dream - it is a practical matter of life or death. The risks inherent in disarmament pale in comparison to the risks inherent in an unlimited arms race.

I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.

Even a total and universal disarmament does not guarantee the maintenance of peace.

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Preventing a war is tantamount to winning a war.

If the world is disarmed, and remains disarmed, there will be no more world wars.

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible.

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.