Yevgeniy Chazov quotes

Today we are talking not just about warring sides but about humanity at large. Any reasonable man finds it hard to believe that while hunger, diseases, social inequality, economic underdevelopment and illiteracy are in existence, hundreds of billions of dollars are wasted to feed the insatiable monster - the arms race. (Yevgeniy Chazov)
He wasn't a man of erudition, yet very quickly grasped the significance of this or that problem for the state at large and for his own popularity rating. As one far removed from the sciences, he had tremendous respect for the opinions of scientists. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
If I am Chernenko's doctor and if I am here, then Chernenko is well because a doctor should be with his patient. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
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. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
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. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
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. View quote
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Cooperation is the road to increased well-being of peoples and flourishing life. View quote
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Confrontation is the road to war, destruction and end of civilization. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
As adults we are obliged to avert transformation of the Earth from a flourishing planet into a heap of smoking ruins. Our duty is to hand it over to our successors in a better state than it was inherited by us. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
I am convinced that today is a great and exciting day not only for the members of our international movement but also for all physicians on our planet, irrespective of their political and religious beliefs. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
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. (Yevgeniy Chazov)
The bell of Hiroshima rings in our hearts not as a funeral knell, but as an alarm bell calling out to actions to protect life on our planet. We were among the first to demolish the nuclear illusions that existed and to unveil the true face of nuclear weapons - the weapons of genocide. View quote
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Since we, scientists, face the tragic lot of further increasing the murderous effectiveness of the means of destruction, it is our most solemn and noble duty to prevent the use of these weapons for the cruel ends they were designed to achieve. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
For us, physicians, life is the aim of our work and each death is a tragedy. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
The human mind finds it difficult to comprehend the figure of 2,000 million victims. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov
I recall the telegram I received at the time of our first Congress from an ordinary woman in Brooklyn. It was short: "Thank you on behalf of the children." As adults we are obliged to avert transformation of the Earth from a flourishing planet into a heap of smoking ruins. Our duty is to hand it over to our successors in a better state than it was inherited by us. Therefore, it is not for fame, but for the happiness and for the future of all mothers and children that we - the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - have worked, are working and will work. View quote
Yevgeniy Chazov