Chernobyl

When it’s your life and the lives of everyone you love, your moral conviction doesn’t mean anything.

Character: Boris Shcherbina

You’ll do it because it must be done. You’ll do it because nobody else can. And if you don’t, millions will die. If you tell me that’s not enough, I won’t believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering. I spit on the people who did this, and I curse the price I have to pay. But I’m making my peace with it, and now you make yours. And go into that water. Because it must be done.

Character: Boris Shcherbina

Our power comes from the perception of our power.

Character: Mikhail Gorbachev

What is the cost of lies? It’s not that we’ll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all.

Character: Valery Legasov