However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened… — Walter Kohn

However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.

Walter KohnPhysicist · Austrian · b. 1923

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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. — Mohandas Gandhi
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. — H. L. Mencken
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist. — Walter Kohn
I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto. — Walter Kohn
My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day. — Walter Kohn