
„Pokud dojde k válce, budu já bojovat ještě dlouho poté, co vy se vzdáte.“
odpověď prezidentu Krugemu, který jej na zasedání Volksraadu označil za zbabělce, 1899
Zdroj: [Palmer, Norman Dunbar, Perkins, Howard Cecil, 1969, International relations: the world community in transition, Houghton Mifflin, 207, angličtina]
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Interview with Alfred Werner, Liberal Judaism 16 (April-May 1949), Einstein Archive 30-1104, as sourced in The New Quotable Einstein by Alice Calaprice (2005), p. 173
Differing versions of such a statement are attributed to conversations as early as 1948 (e.g. The Rotarian, 72 (6), June 1948, p. 9 http://books.google.com/books?id=0UMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9: "I don't know. But I can tell you what they'll use in the fourth. They'll use rocks!"). Another variant ("I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones") is attributed to an unidentified letter to Harry S. Truman in "The culture of Einstein" by Alex Johnson http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7406337/, MSNBC, (18 April 2005). However, prior to 1948 very similar quotes were attributed in various articles to an unnamed army lieutenant, as discussed at Quote Investigator : "The Futuristic Weapons of WW3 Are Unknown, But WW4 Will Be Fought With Stones and Spears" http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/16/future-weapons/#more-679. The earliest found was from “Quote and Unquote: Raising ‘Alarmist’ Cry Brings a Winchell Reply” by Walter Winchell, in the Wisconsin State Journal (23 September 1946), p. 6, Col. 3. In this article Winchell wrote: <blockquote> Joe Laitin reports that reporters at Bikini were questioning an army lieutenant about what weapons would be used in the next war. “I dunno,” he said, “but in the war after the next war, sure as Hell, they’ll be using spears!” </blockquote>
: It seems plausible, therefore, that Einstein may have been quoting or paraphrasing an expression which he had heard or read elsewhere.
1940s
Varianta: I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
„Pokud dojde k válce, budu já bojovat ještě dlouho poté, co vy se vzdáte.“
odpověď prezidentu Krugemu, který jej na zasedání Volksraadu označil za zbabělce, 1899
„Po první světové válce se Spojenci nebáli nikoho.“
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
„… nejkrvavější diletant lyriky světové války…
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„V Británii jsme slavili dvě vítězství: ve válce s Hitlerem a Japonskem. Teď máme třetí: v Brexitu.“
Časopis Reflex č. 8, 2020, str. 22-27
„Polsko nese odpovědnost za vypuknutí druhé světové války.“
Originál: (pl) Polska ponosi współodpowiedzialność za wybuch II wojny światowej.
Zdroj: [Historyk o słowach ambasadora Rosji: taki przekaz powoduje kłopot dla rządu, polskieradio.pl, 2015-09-28, 2015-10-03, http://www.polskieradio.pl/13/473/Artykul/1516685,Historyk-o-slowach-ambasadora-Rosji-taki-przekaz-powoduje-klopot-dla-rzadu]
„Válka [1. světová válka] je založena na zjevném omylu, kde lidé byli zaměněni za stroje.“