Bohr objected. “We cannot fight one barbarism with another barbarism.” “We won’t survive to fight for anything if we neglect this new weapon,” argued one of the chief researchers. “I cannot subscribe to violence,” said Bohr. “If you don’t resist violence, you’ll surrender to a violent ideology all the values of our civilization, built up by generations of struggle.” “But civilized behavior calls for non-violence.” “The freedom to behave in a civilized way must be defended, and sometimes that means using violence. . . .”
