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We keep saying, 'We have no other course.' What we should say is: 'We are not bright enough to see any other course.'

David E. Lilienthal

Atomic energy bears the same duality that has faced man from time immemorial, a duality expressed in the Book of Books thousands of years ago: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good and death and evil... therefore choose life.."

David E. Lilienthal

The machine that frees man's back of drudgery does not thereby make his spirit free. Technology has made us more productive, but it does not necessarily enrich our lives. Engineers can build us great dams, but only great people make a valley great. There is no technology of goodness. Men must make themselves spiritually free.

David E. Lilienthal

David E. Lilienthal

David E. Lilienthal

Born: July 8, 1899

Died: January 15, 1981 (aged 81)

Bio: David Eli Lilienthal was an American attorney and public administrator, best known for leading the Tennessee Valley Authority and later the Atomic Energy Commission. He had practiced public utility law and led the Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission.

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