Political leaders or governments owe their position partly to force and partly to popular election. They cannot be regarded as representative of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors, concern for the great unsolved… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am an adherent of the ideal of democracy, although I well know the weaknesses of the democratic form of government. Social… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
This must be changed, if only in America's own interest. The last war has shown that there are no longer any barriers… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty - it… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
You imagine that I look back on my life's work with calm satisfaction. But from nearby it looks quite different. There is not a… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
The world we have made is a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Anyone who thinks science is trying to make human life easier or more pleasant is utterly mistaken. — Albert Einstein Copy Share
“Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't true.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of… — Albert Einstein Copy Share
Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. — Albert Einstein Copy Share