... the inexorable lesson of centuries: suffering must be borne; there is no way out.

We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.

We didn't love freedom enough.

The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.

Work is what horses die of

Human beings yield in many situations, even important and spiritual and central ones, as long as it prolongs one's well-being.

One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.