Edward Teller Quotes

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• In our educational institutions applied science may almost be described as a "no-man's land."
• If there ever was a misnomer, it is "exact science." Science has always been full of mistakes. The present day is no exception. And our…
• Could we have avoided the tragedy of Hiroshima? Could we have started the atomic age with clean hands? No one knows. No one can find…
• A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants…
• Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible.
• Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.
• No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.
• Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.
• When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is…
• The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.
• There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.
• There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more…
• Life is full of ups and down, just choose the up road.:)
• When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is…

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