I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Interpretation
Democracy is a universal concept, not limited to the West; Russians are recognizing this truth.
In this quote, Garry Kasparov emphasizes that democracy is a fundamental idea that belongs to all cultures, including the Russian people. He argues against the notion that democracy is solely a Western concept, suggesting that individuals everywhere can aspire to and achieve democratic governance, irrespective of their geographical or cultural background.
In practice
During a lecture on political systems, one might refer to this quote to illustrate the global relevance of democracy.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
I can only become perfectly free by serving the will of God.
I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?
Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered.
There is no holy life. There is no war between good and evil. There is no sin and no redemption. None of these things matter to the real you. But they all matter hugely to the false you, the one who believes in the separate self. You have tried to take your separate self, with all its loneliness and anxiety and pride, to the door of enlightenment. But it will never go through, because it is a ghost.
There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still; the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.
The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story here. We are being called to a radical act of empathy. Here we are, embarking on an ancient, perennial attempt to give human lives - our lives - dignity.
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