To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIt is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynEuropean democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their force. Spiritual independence is being pressured on all sides by the dictatorship of self-satisfied vulgarity, of the latest fads, and of group interests.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn