I hope that no one present will suspect me of offering my personal criticism of the Western system to present socialism as an alternative. Having experienced applied socialism in a country where the alternative has been realized, I certainly will not speak for it. The well-known Soviet mathematician Shafarevich, a member of the Soviet Academy of Science, has written a brilliant book under the title Socialism; it is a profound analysis showing that socialism of any type and shade leads to a total destruction of the human spirit and to a leveling of mankind into death.
Modern society is hypnotized by socialism. It is prevented by socialism from seeing the mortal danger it is in. And one of the greatest dangers of al… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Modern society is hypnotized by socialism. It is prevented by socialism from seeing the mortal danger it is in. And one of the greatest dangers of al…
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the do… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
What would things been like [in Russia] if during periods of mass arrests people had not simply sat there, paling with terror at every bang on the do…
The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market econom… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The strength or weakness of a society depends more on the level of its spiritual life than on its level of industrialization. Neither a market econom…
It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas tr… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas tr…
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a … - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a …
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.
To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate the… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate the…
To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justifica… - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justifica…
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