Max Stone > Max's Quotes

“That wasn't like spying. Any fool can spy. A spy has a clean, exciting life. But try and spend ten years in a hard labour camp!”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“Does it bother you to wear a number? They don't weigh anything, those numbers.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying. In our country, the lie has become not just moral category, but the pillar industry of this country.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. [...] We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”
― Karl R. Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies - Volume One: The Spell of Plato