I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.

Even if only 2 percent of those assigned to perform military service should announce their refusal to fight, governments would be powerless, they would not dare send such a large number of people to jail.

For science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary. Religion, on the other hand, deals only with evaluations of human thought and action: it cannot justifiably speak of facts and relationships between facts.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.

I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus.

Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.

Nationalism, on my opinion, is nothing more than an idealistic rationalization for militarism and aggression.