A forest doesn't weep over one tree.

Should one point out that from ancient times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.

The term "national idea" is an unclear one. One might think of it as a widely shared understanding among a people as to the desired way of life in their country, an idea that holds sway over the population. A unifying concept like that can be useful, but should never be created artificially or imposed top-down by the powers-that-be.

One world, one mankind cannot exist in the face of six, four or even two scales of values: We shall be torn apart by this disparity of rhythm, this disparity of vibrations.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

It would have been difficult to design a path out of communism worse than the one that has been followed.