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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes: You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.
         

You took my freedom away a long time ago and you can't give it back because you haven't got it yourself.


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The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.



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It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.



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You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.



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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.



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Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.



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The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.



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To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots.



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That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life



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Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the 20th century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.



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If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.





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If chaos is a masterpiece, Then you should see my heart.If battle scars are beautiful, Then I'm a work of art.



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Love is the great protector, protecting us from anger and jealousy.



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Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach.



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If God is, man is a slave; now, man can and must be free; then, God does not exist. I defy anyone whomsoever to avoid this circle; now, therefore, let all choose.



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Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.



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