Albert Einstein The Menace Of Mass Destruction: Full Speech Work

The situation is grave.

It is said that there are now in existence forty thousand tons of uranium, enough to produce bombs of the kind used at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

It seems to me that the situation is similar to that which confronted the nations after the first World War. At that time, the League of Nations was established to prevent future wars. We now know that it failed in this objective. The situation is grave

Delivered on August 11, 1945

The nations of the world now face a situation in which the continued use of atomic energy as a means of warfare may lead to a world-wide catastrophe. At that time, the League of Nations was

The nations must now work together to create an international organization which will prevent war.

But I say to you, the time for choice is running out. The nations must now work together to create

The nations must now act.