“REMEMBER YOUR HUMANITY AND FORGET THE REST”

Joseph Rotblat, Nobel peace Laureate 1995,
died peacefully in London, on 3lst August 2005.
He was 96 years “young”.
This website is dedicated to honour his memory

“We have to learn to live together, otherwise we shall all die together”.

This was recognized as far back as 1955, in the famous Russell-Einstein Manifesto in which we posed the question: “Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?”  And we concluded: “We appeal, as human beings, to human beings:  Remember your humanity and forget the rest.  If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death.”

Indeed, while we cannot predict what further advances in science and technology will bring, we can be sure that they will result in changes in two directions:  one, a higher quality of life for all and enhancement of civilization; two, the means to destroy that civilization and perhaps even the human race.  Since the latter path is clearly unacceptable, we must create conditions that will enable us to bring the institution of war to an end, by learning to solve conflicts by means other than military confrontation.

(Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Peace Laureate, from his speech “Ethics  and Politics”.  Rome 11.11.2004)