Edward Teller quotes - page 2

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil. (Edward Teller)
I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents. View quote
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The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. View quote
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Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction. View quote
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By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. That at some time, they, too, will appear as simple consequences of a theory of which no one has yet dreamed is not a statement of fact.It is a statement of faith. View quote
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I tried to contribute to the defeat of the Soviets. If I contributed 1%, it is 1% of something enormous. View quote
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The idea of God that I absorbed was that it would be wonderful if He existed: We needed Him desperately but had not seen Him in many thousands of years. View quote
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If we stay strong, then I believe we can stabilize the world and have peace based on force. View quote
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I do not think that this peace based on force is, can be, or should be, an ultimate end. View quote
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Total security has never been available to anyone. To expect it is unrealistic; to imagine that it can exist is to invite disaster. View quote
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But when the temperature does rise by a few degrees over the whole globe, there is a possibility that the icecaps will start melting and the level of the oceans will begin to rise. (Edward Teller)
All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents. View quote
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Among the people who knew a great deal about the hydrogen bomb, I was the only advocate of it. And that is, I think, my contribution. View quote
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By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. View quote
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I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. View quote
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The preservation of peace and the improvement of the lot of all people require us to have faith in the rationality of humans. View quote
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I don't want to kill anybody. I am passionately opposed to killing, but I'm even more passionately fond of freedom. The freedom of Dr. Pauling and of myself expressing our opinions freely on any subject, however broad, however far removed of our proper competence, but particularly, to be able to express our opinions in the fields we really know; this would not be possible in Russia. View quote
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