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The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.
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When Russia started to regain some of its strength as an economy and as a state, the West's reaction - perhaps a subconscious one, based on erstwhile fears - was panic.
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A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today.
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