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“It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that "past" which "ought not to be stirred up.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“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.”
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation V-VII
― The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation V-VII
“And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”
― The Godfather
― The Godfather
“Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
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