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Confrontation is the road to war, destruction and end of civilization.

— Yevgeniy Chazov Nobel Peace prize acceptance speech (1985)

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

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Cooperation is the road to increased well-being of peoples and flourishing life.

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If I am Chernenko's doctor and if I am here, then Chernenko is well because a doctor should be with his patient.

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

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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.

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