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The name of 'reform' simply covers what is latently a process of the theft of the national heritage.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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The perception of the West as mostly a knight of democracy has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical and selfish, lies at the core of Western policies. For many Russians it was a grave disillusion, a crushing of ideals.
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A storm breaks trees. It only bends grass.
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When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.
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We do not err because truth is difficult to see. It is visible at a glance. We err because this is more comfortable.
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When things are too clear, they are no longer interesting.
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The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.
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To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good, or else that it's a well-considered act in conformity with natural law. Fortunately, it is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.
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I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.
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Cracks make caves collapse.
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When you're young, you haven't the experience, when you're old you haven't the strength.
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Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.
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Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.
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Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.
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