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Quote by Andrei Sakharov
Peace, progress, human rights – these three goals are insolubly linked to one another.
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The quote presents peace, progress, and human rights as inseparable goals. It suggests that lasting progress depends on peaceful conditions and respect for people’s rights, while peace and rights are also connected to one another. Treating any one of these goals as separate from the others misses how closely they depend on each other.
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- NobelPrize.org — Andrei Sakharov’s Nobel Lecture
- Format
- Official Statement
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