As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

War International politics

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

Einstein on the Atomic Bomb Atlantic Monthly

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Physicist Scientist

From

Germany Europe

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Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.

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