The menace of mass destruction is not merely the bomb itself. It is the state of mind that accepts war as an inevitable instrument of policy. As long as nations possess these weapons and still believe in the possibility of a “winning war,” the threat of annihilation will hang over every man, woman, and child on Earth.
To understand the "full speech work," one must understand the date: May 1946. Hiroshima and Nagasaki had been obliterated only nine months prior. The war was over, but a new terror had begun. The United States had proposed the (international control of atomic energy), but the Soviet Union had rejected it. The arms race was in its infancy, and Einstein knew the physics better than anyone. The menace of mass destruction is not merely the bomb itself
"I do not speak to you tonight as a physicist, but as a humble human being who feels the weight of responsibility for the fate of my fellow creatures. To understand the "full speech work," one must