Albert Einstein Quotes

I am an absolute pacifist...It is an instinctive feeling. It is a feeling that possesses me, because the murder of men is disgusting.

Albert Einstein

• Feeling
• Murder
• Absolute
• Pacifist
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  • Feeling
  • Murder
  • Absolute