Linus Pauling Note to Self regarding a meeting with Albert Einstein. November 16, 1954

Pauling recounts two specific quotes from Einstein: "Oxenstierna said to his son, 'You would be astonished to know with how little wisdom the world is governed'" and "I made one great mistake in my life -- when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification -- the danger that the Germans would make them.".  View Transcript

Linus Pauling Note to Self regarding a meeting with Albert Einstein. Page 1. November 16, 1954
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Associated: Albert Einstein

ID: corr107.1-lptoself-19541116

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