Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.

For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.

You can't sit on two chairs at once.

I could not stop something I knew was wrong and terrible. I had an awful sense of powerlessness.

We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions. The complexity and diversity of all the phenomena of modern life, the great possibilities and dangers linked with the scientific-technical revolution and with a number of social tendencies demand precisely such an approach, as has been acknowledged in a number of official statements.

Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture.