Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.

Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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

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

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...