The name of ‘reform’ simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYNFor us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.
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For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
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There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.
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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you – you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.
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If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.
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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God.
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Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.
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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
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It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God’s heaven.
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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones.
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It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.
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