 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Is it possible to induce mankind to live without war? War is an ancient institution which has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always wicked and usually foolish, but in the past the human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this. Either Man will abolish war, or war will abolish Man. For the present, it is nuclear weapons that cause the gravest danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may, before long, offer an even greater threat.
Source: Bertrand Russell : Can war be abolished? 1960
Reprinted in: Fact and Fiction, 1961
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