Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
For a country to have a great writer is like having a second gover

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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You only have power over people so long as you dont take everything away from them. But when youve robbed a man of everything, hes no longer in your power – hes free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. – Spiro T. Agnew

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Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power. – Benito Mussolini

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I never would believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden. – Richard Rumbold, 1685

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Washington is a place where politicians dont know which way is up and taxes dont know which way is down. – Robert Orben

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I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture. – William Glasser

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