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Quotes from The Bomb and Civilization — Bertrand Russell

1872–1970

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A great deal of new political thinking will be necessary if utter disaster is to be averted.

The Bomb and Civilization (1945)

It is impossible to imagine a more dramatic and horrifying combination of scientific triumph with political and moral failure than has been shown to the world in the destruction of Hiroshima.

The Bomb and Civilization (1945)

The prospect for the human race is sombre beyond all precedent. Mankind are faced with a clear-cut alternative: either we shall all perish, or we shall have to acquire some slight degree of common sense. A great deal of new political thinking will be necessary if utter disaster is to be averted.

The Bomb and Civilization (1945)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bertrand Russell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.