For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Quote by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

Topics: Government Quotes

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

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

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

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen...

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to...

There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into...

There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are...

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each...

When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each...

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it.

Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the...

Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the...

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the...

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the...

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I...

As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I...