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Top 15 Andrei Sakharov Quotes (2025 Update)

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “You can’t sit on two chairs at once.”

2. “You can’t sit on two chairs at once.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.”

3. “Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours.”

4. “A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific – democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.”

5. “Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific – democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged...”

6. “We should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world, where, like faint glimmers in the dark, we have emerged...”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.”

7. “For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.”

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

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.”

9. “Profound insights arise only in debate, with a possibility of counterargument, only when there is a possibility of expressing not only correct ideas but also dubious ideas.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness.”

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

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “International affairs must be completely permeated with scientific methodology and a democratic spirit, with a fearless weighing of all facts, views, and theories, with maximum publicity of ultimate and intermediate goals, and with a consistency of principles.”

11. “International affairs must be completely permeated with scientific methodology and a democratic spirit, with a fearless weighing of all facts, views, and theories, with maximum publicity of ultimate and intermediate goals, and with a consistency of principles.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.”

12. “Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.”

13. “My present work concerns the problems connected with the theory of elementary particles, the theory of gravitation and cosmology and I shall be glad if I can manage to make some contribution to these important branches of science.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov Quote: “In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.”

15. “In and after 1964 when I began to concern myself with the biological issues, and particularly from 1967 onwards, the extent of the problems over which I felt uneasy increased to such a point that in 1968 I felt a compelling urge to make my views public.”

— Andrei Sakharov

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