Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes about Peace

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If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Wisdom, Peace, Fun

"The Gulag Archipelago". Book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1973.

A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Peace, War, Historical

"The Gulag Archipelago". Book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1973.

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

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Peace, War, Lying

Nobel lecture as quoted in "Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record" edited by Leopold Labedz, 1974.

The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Peace, War, Civilization

Patriotism means unqualified and unwavering love for the nation, which implies not uncritical eagerness to serve, not support for unjust claims, but frank assessment of its vices and sins, and penitence for them.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Peace, War, Mean

Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his method must inexorably choose falsehood as his principle.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Peace, War, Lying

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. 1970.

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Religious, Peace, Voice

Letter to three students (October 1967) as translated in "Solzhenitsyn: A Documentary Record" edited by Leopold Labedz, "The Struggle Intensifies", 1970.