Top 32 Quotes by Joseph Rotblat

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.

The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.

We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well.

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.

The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath.

I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity.

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.

Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce.