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Einstein was a pacifist from his youth until 1933, when Hitler forced his hand on the issue. From 1933 to 1945, he saw some need for military action under certain circumstances; in particular, he felt that military strength among "the nations that have stayed normal" was vital against the German aggressor (Fölsing, Albert Einstein, 676). In general, however, he believed that a "supranational" world government for the control of weapons was necessary to preserve civilization and individual freedoms. From 1945 until his death in 1955, he spoke out in favor of world government as a moral imperative.
*An affinity for the political structure of Germany would be unnatural for me as a pacifist.