My public stand represented a turning point for me and my entire future. The article very quickly became known throughout the world. For a long time the Soviet press contained no mention of the Progress, and later references were either disapproving in the extreme or else ironic. A great many critics, even if sympathetically disposed towards me, regarded my reflections in this work as exceedingly naive and speculative.More Andrei Sakharov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness.More Andrei Sakharov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.More Andrei Sakharov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

My father played the piano remarkably well, in particular Chopin, Grieg, Beethoven and Scriabin. During the civil war he earned a living by playing the accompaniment to silent films at the cinema.More Andrei Sakharov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Andrei Sakharov quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]