It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.

Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less...

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less...

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes...

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes...

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.

Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.

Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if...

Even if we are spared destruction by war, our lives will have to change if...

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

You can only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away...

You can only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away...

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This...

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This...

First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is...

First would be the literary side, then the spiritual and philosophical. The political side is...

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take...

Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take...

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion...

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion...

I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you...

I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you...

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no...

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no...

The name of eform simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of...

The name of eform simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of...

Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some...

Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some...

Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to...

Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere...

Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere...