"The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while."
-Albert Einstein
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"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
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"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war."
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"I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed."
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"It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."
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"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."
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