Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you - you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn blowclockcurtain Change image and share on social
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn affectationbelongconvict Change image and share on social
Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn forceinevitablylie Change image and share on social
Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn begincoherentconduct Change image and share on social
The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn buildclockcommunism share on social
I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn communistlegallife share on social
A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn domesticexcuseserve Change image and share on social
Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn chooseinexorablylie Change image and share on social
We have arrived at an intellectual chaos. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrivechaosintellectual Change image and share on social
It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn badlycommunismdesign Change image and share on social
