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In American propaganda you will see how everyone has a car, nice clothes, a nice apartment. But you will never see the truth behind this lie. You will not see police dogs attacking strikers and demonstrators for civil rights. You will not see the beggars on the streets, the homeless, the negro-shantytowns in the south. You will not see the warmongers who threaten the world with nuclear holocaust.

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[admiring the reactor] This is the future, Pavel. Cars that never need refueling. Free power for every family. Maybe even travel to the planets.

Dialogue

Alexei: How bad is it? Vadim: The leak is in the sealed area. There's no way to get to it. The temperature will keep rising 'til it reaches 1,000°, and... Alexei: And? And WHAT? Vadim: No one knows.

Dialogue

Mikhail: Where are the radiation protective suits? Konstantin: We don't have any. The warehouse was out. So they sent us chemical protective suits instead. Mikhail: They might as well wear raincoats. Konstantin: Misha, I know... Mikhail: Tell the men these will help them. Konstantin: What else can we do? Mikhail: Yeah..

Dialogue

Alexei: How are the men? Dr. Savran: How would I know? I don't know the first thing about radiation sickness. Alexei: Please... Dr. Savran: I'm giving them aspirin. And I'm trying to prevent those who are dying from irradiating those of us who still have some hope. Alexei: Pull yourself together. You're an officer in the Soviet Navy. Go back and tell them that they're improving. As you say, you know nothing about radiation sickness. Perhaps they are.

Dialogue

Mikhail: They'll send you to the Gulag, like your father. Alexei: Well, it's a family tradition. Isn't it?

Dialogue

Alexei: For their courage I nominated these men for the title of hero of the soviet union. But the committee ruled that because it was not wartime, and because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title hero. What good are honors from such people? These men sacrificed, not for a medal. But because when the time came, it was their duty. Not to the navy, or to the state, but to us. Their comrades. And so, to comrades. All: To comrades!