Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

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Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Andrei Yanuaryevich (one longs to blurt out, “Jaguaryevich”) Vyshinsky, availing himself of the most flexible dialectics — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Andrei Yanuaryevich (one longs to blurt out, “Jaguaryevich”) Vyshinsky, availing himself of the most flexible dialectics — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
If it were possible for any nation to fathom another people's bitter experience through a book, how much easier its futu — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
If it were possible for any nation to fathom another people's bitter experience through a book, how much easier its futu — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that m — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that m — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were n — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were n — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanti — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanti — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
It was granted me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essentia — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
It was granted me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essentia — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
And even in the fever of epidemic arrests, when people leaving for work said farewell to their families every day, becau — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
And even in the fever of epidemic arrests, when people leaving for work said farewell to their families every day, becau — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a m — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a m — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
… What about the main thing in life, all its riddles? If you want, I'll spell it out for you right now. Do not pursue wh — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
… What about the main thing in life, all its riddles? If you want, I'll spell it out for you right now. Do not pursue wh — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after w — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after w — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956