Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

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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?

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...

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...

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

There are a lot of clear thinkers everywhere.

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

We have arrived at an intellectual chaos.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...