Konstantin Kisin > Quotes

“Freedom, human rights, tolerance, peace and prosperity are like the eternal flame that must be guarded, nurtured and never, ever taken for granted.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“suppression of free speech is a symptom of tyranny.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“We have forgotten that the prosperity, safety, life expectancy, stability and freedoms we enjoy did not just fall out of the sky. They were built, over centuries, on philosophical and moral foundations that have withstood the test of time. They were defended over and over again by our ancestors who bled to defend them. They were refined in the crucible of fierce political and ideological debates.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“it’s important for everyone to do their bit in defending free speech. Including you. Yes, technically we already have it. But every successive generation still needs to defend it. Why? Because it’s constantly at risk of attack from people who think they know better. And how free is speech if there are serious consequences, such as unemployment and character assassination?”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“As American philosopher Eric Hoffer famously wrote, ‘Every great cause starts as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

“You've got to be careful with opinion polls in totalitarian regimes.”
― Konstantin Kisin

“Although I was only young, it was routinely stressed upon me that anything we spoke about must never, ever be repeated outside the family home, whether that be in the school playground, the local park or at a friend’s house, where a grown-up could potentially overhear us.”
― Konstantin Kisin, An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West