“A thermonuclear war cannot be considered a continuation of politics by other means (according to the formula of Clausewitz). It would be a means of universal suicide.”

Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom (1968), Dangers, The Threat of Nuclear War

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Soviet nuclear physicist and human rights activist 1921–1989

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