1- “When the truth offends , we lie and lie until we can no longer remember it is even there . But it is still there”
2- “ You know the old Russian proverb ‘Think but verify’ And the Americans think that Ronald Reagan thought that up”
3- My Advice: Tell the truth , These men work in the dark . They see everything
4- “There was nothing sane about Chernobyl. What happened there what after , even the good we did , all of it …. Madness”
5- “Our Power comes from the perception of our power”
6- “You came off a naive idiot. And naive idiots are not a threat”
7- “You’ll do it because it must be done. You’ll do it because no one else can. And if you don’t, millions will die. if you’ll tell me that’s not enough , I’wont believe you”
8- “The truth doesn’t care about out needs or wants. It doesn’t care about our governments , our ideologies , our religions. It will lie in wait for all time. And this, at last , is the gift of Chernobyl”
9- “Every lie we tell incurs a dept to the truth. Sooner or later , that dept is paid”
10- “You put a bullet in some. You’re not you anymore. You’ll never be you anymore. But then you wake u the next morning and you’re still you. And you realize that was you all along. You just didn’t know”
11- “The real danger is if we hear enough lies then we no longer recognise the truth al all “
12- “Why worry about something that isn’t gonna happen?”
13- “in a just world, I’d be shot for my lies. But not for this, not for the truth”
14- “These men work in the dark. They see everything”
15- “Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask ‘What is the cost of lies?’”
16- “When it’s your life and the lives of everyone you love, your moral conviction doesn’t mean anything. It leaves you. And all you want t that moment is not to be shot”
17- “You think the right question will get you the truth? There is no truth”
18- “We are asking for you permission to kiss three men”
19- “Well , all victories inevitably come at a cost”
20- Zharkov: No one leaves. We cut the phone lines. Contain the spread of misinformation. That is how we keep the people from undermining the fruits of their own labor.
21- Gorbachev – “our power comes from the perception of power”
22- Valery Legasov : “To be a scientist is to be naive. We are so focused on our search for truth we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it. But it is always there whether we see it or not, whether we choose to or not. The truth doesn’t care about our needs or wants – it doesn’t care about our governments, our ideologies, our religions – to lie in wait for all time. This at last is the gift of Chernobyl. Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask what is the cost of lies”
23- Every lie we tell incurs a debt on to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid. So many times in my life I’ve seen that happen. Lie now, pay later.
24 Lyudmilla Ignatenko : “I Don’t want him to die alone”
25- Lyudmilla Ignaten : They touch you. If it’s safe for them it’s safe for me.
26- Michail Gorbatchev : All victories inevitably come at a cost. Sometimes we count this cost in rubles. Sometimes we count it in lives
27- Ulana Khomyuk : We live in a country where children have to die to save their mothers.
28- Ulana Khomyuk : These are the ones who are dead. They died rescuing each other. Putting out fires. Tending to the wounded. They didn’t hesitate. They didn’t waver. They simply did what had to be done.
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