The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness.

- Edward Teller

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

- Edward Teller

The eyes of childhood are magnifying lenses.

- Edward Teller

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.

- Edward Teller

On May 7, a few weeks after the accident at Three-Mile Island, I was in Washington. I was there to refute some of that propaganda that Ralph Nader, J…

- Edward Teller

Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.

- Edward Teller

When you're certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.

- Edward Teller

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

- Edward Teller

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

- Edward Teller