“The concept of war crimes is an American invention.”
– George Wald
“All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side.”
– George Wald
“There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war – nothing material or ideological – no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating.”
– George Wald
“Science goes from question to question big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited.”
– George Wald
“The Nobel Prize is an honor unique in the world in having found its way into the hearts and minds of simple people everywhere. It casts a light of peace and reason upon us all and for that I am especially grateful.”
– George Wald