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Quotes from Tragedy and Triumph of Reason — Yevgeniy Chazov

born 1929 Russia

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The human mind finds it difficult to comprehend the figure of 2,000 million victims.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

For us, physicians, life is the aim of our work and each death is a tragedy.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

Our professional duty is to protect life on Earth. True to the Hippocratic Oath, physicians will dedicate their knowledge, their hearts and their lives to the happiness of their patients and the well-being of the peoples of the world.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

I do not intend to argue the essence of these processes, all the more so because it has been proved that both types of memory function in the brain.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

In the nuclear age we are all interdependent. The Earth is our only common home which we cannot abandon. The new suicidal situation calls for the new thinking.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

Keep in mind that when the first A-bomb was developed as a defense against Nazism, moral objections and conscience of scientists and many others involved were lulled by assurances that everything would be over after production of a few bombs.

Tragedy and Triumph of Reason (1985)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Yevgeniy Chazov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.