Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes

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.

When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

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

Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words.

Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul.

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

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

One drop of truth can outweigh an ocean of lies.

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