In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group … - Andrei Sakharov

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It seems that the only gun violence some leftists approve of is gun violence aimed at cops and other groups they see as oppressive or racist.

Andrei Sakharov

In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons.

1948, Defended, Develop, Groups, Nuclear, Tasks

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I've always thought that the most powerful weapon in the world was the bomb and that's why I gave it to my people, but I've come to the conclusion that the most powerful weapon in the world is not the bomb but it's the truth

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Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices. Such freedom of thought is the only guarantee against an infection of people by mass myths, which, in the hands of treacherous hypocrites and demagogues, can be transformed into bloody dictatorship.

Bloody, Freedom, Hands, Hypocrite, Information, Pressure

A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours

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Nothing threatens freedom of the personality and the meaning of life like war, poverty, terror. But there are also indirect and only slightly more remote dangers. One of these is the stupefaction of man (the "gray mass," to use the cynical term of bourgeois prognosticators) by mass culture with its intentional or commercially motivated lowering of intellectual level and content, with its stress on entertainment or utilitarianism, and with its carefully protective censorship.

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Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Belief, Critical Spirit, Hidden, Perseverance, Spirit, Strength

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