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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.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies
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Truth seldom is pleasant it is almost invariably bitter.
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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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When things are too clear, they are no longer interesting.
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You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.
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