Albert Einstein The Menace Of Mass Destruction Full Speech Work Official

The situation is grave.

Delivered on August 11, 1945

In this new era of human history, the destructive potentialities of human hand have been growing steadily. The atomic bombs that have been used are but the beginning. The situation is grave

The same difficulties exist today. There are those who say that an international control scheme will not work because nations will not cooperate. I do not share this pessimism. The same difficulties exist today

The possibility of an international control of atomic energy has been made a subject of much discussion. Some believe that the danger of atomic energy is not so great as to justify the expenditure of much time and effort on a control scheme. They believe that the American monopoly of the atomic bomb will act as a sufficient deterrent to aggressive action on the part of any other nation. They also believe that the dangers, if there are dangers, are not so imminent as to make it necessary to reach a speedy agreement. The possibility of an international control of atomic