Of course, my views developed in the course of time. But I have always believed in what I did and never acted against my conscience.
Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has been replaced with the disappointed belief that pragmatism, often cynical and selfish, lies at the core of Western policies. For many Russians it was a grave disillusion, a crushing of ideals.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn