Leó Szilárd Quote

I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind.

S. R. Weart and G. W. Sallard (eds.), Leo Szilard: His Version of the Facts (1978)