Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nations heart, the excision of its memory. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Of course God is endlessly multi-dimensional so every religion that exists on earth represents some face, some side of God. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Religion
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I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society. – Pope John Paul II

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Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. – Albert Camus

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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark. – Walter Lippmann

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I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom. – Michael Bloomberg

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