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

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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...

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...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the...

The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results.

The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results.

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or...

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a...

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look...

A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look...

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.

The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to...

The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to...