Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Russian Author born Dec. 11, 1918, Kislovodsk, Russia
- "Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter."
- Source: Commencement address at Harvard University , June 8, 1978
- "A loss of courage may be the most striking feature which an outside observer notices in the West in our days..."
- Source: Commencement address at Harvard University , June 8, 1978
- "Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling groups and the intellectual elite, causing an impression of loss of courage by the entire society. Of course, there are many courageous individuals, but they have no determining influence on public life."
- Source: Commencement address at Harvard University , June 8, 1978
- "On our crowded planet there are no longer any internal affairs!"
Attributed
“Such as it is, the press has become the greatest power within the Western World, more powerful than the legislature, the executive and judiciary. One would like to ask: by whom has it been elected, and to whom is it responsible?”
