Delivered in 1947, Albert Einstein's "The Menace of Mass Destruction" speech argued that the only way to avoid global annihilation from atomic weapons was the abolition of war and the establishment of a world government to control nuclear power. The address, which warned against narrow nationalism and foreshadowed the hydrogen bomb, remains a critical document in anti-nuclear advocacy. For a detailed transcript and analysis, visit 13.221.44.171 NobelPrize.org The Nobel Peace Prize 1962 - Presentation Speech

this 1947 speech to his later 1950 address on the H-bomb.

In this address, Einstein argued that the "unleashed power of the atom" had changed everything except our modes of thinking. His primary arguments included: