Intellectual freedom is essential -- freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pres…

- Andrei Sakharov

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 th…

- Andrei Sakharov

Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas …

- Andrei Sakharov

Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.

- Andrei Sakharov

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

- Andrei Sakharov

Nothing threatens freedom of the personality and the meaning of life like war, poverty, terror. But there are also indirect and only slightly more re…

- Andrei Sakharov

You can't sit on two chairs at once.

- Andrei Sakharov

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

- Andrei Sakharov

I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness.

- Andrei Sakharov