I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

—Albert Einstein

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Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation"....

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One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

—Albert Einstein

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

—Albert Einstein

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

—Albert Einstein

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

—Albert Einstein

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

—Albert Einstein

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One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.

—Albert Einstein

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

—Agatha Christie

Endless money forms the sinews of war.

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I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war, . . . suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.

—Philip Caputo

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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

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