Thus, literature, together with language, preserves and protects a nation's soul.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynWhen 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.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynI am a convinced and consistent critic of party-parliamentarism. I am for non-partisan elections of true people's representatives who are accountable to their regions and districts; and who in case of unsatisfactory work can be recalled. I do understand and respect the formation of groups on economical, cooperative, territorial, educational, professional and industrial principles, but I see nothing organic in political parties. Politically motivated ties can be unstable and quite often they have selfish ulterior motives.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn