Joseph Rotblat

Rotblat, Joseph Filmography

• Play in Full Screen Nobelity

  2006, role: actor
• Play in Full Screen Threads

  1984, role: miscellaneous crew

Famous quotes by Joseph Rotblat:

"for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms."

"who have been trying for 40 years to save the world, sometimes against the world's wishes."

"We appeal, as human beings to human beings. Remember your humanity and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open for a new paradise; if you cannot there lies before you the risk of universal death."

"It was at this time, ... that Groves mentioned that the real purpose in making the bomb was to subdue the Soviets. I was terribly shocked."

"We have been trying for 40 years to save the world, sometimes against the world's wishes,"

"to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and in the long run to eliminate such arms."

"This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack."

"To sum up, there is no evidence that a world without nuclear weapons would be a dangerous world. On the contrary, it would be a safer world, as I will show later."

"At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly."

"But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons."

"I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their responsibility to humanity."

"I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science."

"Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons."

"The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions."

"The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence."

"The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives."

"The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath."

"Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them."

"Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons."

"If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster."