George Wald

Since we have had a history, men have pursued an ideal of immortality. ↗

— George Wald

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So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product. ↗

— George Wald

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The concept of war crimes is an American invention. ↗

— George Wald

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The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life. ↗

— George Wald

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The only use for an atomic bomb is to keep somebody else from using one. ↗

— George Wald

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The thought that we're in competition with Russians or with Chinese is all a mistake, and trivial. We are one species, with a world to win. ↗

— George Wald

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The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them. ↗

— George Wald

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There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. ↗

— George Wald

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There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men. ↗

— George Wald

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To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it. ↗

— George Wald

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