Sort of, although didn't Von Neumann package it slightly differently - less personal (someone else) and more about the evolution of science and separation of roles of scientist and politician... basically science is going to happen, and it's not for people like us (scientists) to be worry about what happens as a result.

Still seems a moral cop-out, and while true, the timeline would certainly have changed, if not the inevitability, if key figures such as himself had opted out.