Disturbing the Universe - Freeman Dyson - Part 5

Disturbing the Universe - Freeman Dyson - Part 5
Chapters 8,9.10 & 11
Page 88: He (Edward Teller) revealed himself as an ardent supporter of the World Government movement, an organization which in those days promised salvation by means of a world government to set up in the near future with or without the cooperation of the Soviet Union. Teller preached the gospel of world government with great charm and intelligence. I concluded my weekly report to my family with the words: "He is a good example of the saying that no man is so dangerous as an idealist."
Page 91: Dyson quotes from 'The Ascent of F6' by W.H. Auden & Christopher Isherwood:
"As long as the world endures, there ust be order, there must be government: but woe to the governors, for by the very operation of their duty, however excellent, they themselves are destroyed. For you can only rule men by appealing to their fear and their lust; government requires the exercise of the human will: and the human will is from the Demon."
Page 91: Nuclear explosives have a glitter more seductive than gold to those who play with them.