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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quotes about powerful

Russian Author, Writer December 11, 1918 – August 3, 2008

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Evidently, evildoing also has a threshold magnitude. Yes, a human being hesitates and bobs back and forth between good and evil all his life. He slips, falls back, clambers up, repents, things begin to darken again. But just so long as the threshold of evildoing is not crossed, the possibility of returning remains, and he himself is still within reach of our hope. But when, through the density of evil actions, the result either of their own extreme danger or of the absoluteness of his... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
...you are strong only as long as you don't deprive people of everything. For a person you've taken everything from is no longer in your power. He's free all over again. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It is feasible and easy everywhere to undermine administrative power and, in fact, it has been drastically weakened in all Western countries. The defense of individual rights has reached such extremes as to make society as a whole defenseless against certain individuals. It is time, in the West, to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the human being who has faith in some force that holds dominion over all of us, and who is therefore conscious of his own limitations, power is not necessarily fatal. For those, however, who are unaware of any higher sphere, it is a deadly poison. For them there is no antidote. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop..."
Freedom or prison--what's the difference? A man must develop unwavering will power subject only to his reason. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in..."
Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to..."
Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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