Teller was a tough old rock who took a lot of that nonsense in his day. He knew the peaceniks hated him with a passion reserved for the inventor of the Hydrogen Bomb.
He didn’t give a rat’s patootie what they thought, he slept soundly at night and died at peace with himself, I am sure.
It would not served the world well for the Soviets to be the only ones with the knowledge to build a hydrogen bomb. Teller was a good man who saved our freedom.