“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
“It’s an universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
I just found a hard copy of this at a thrift shop. Am passing the dogeared paper copy on to my son. Luckily, he’s always been an avid ready, so Solzhenitsyn won’t intimidate him.
This was on a reading list in my Freshman Literature class at college. (Pick 5 of the following list to read and critique during the semester.) Why do I have the feeling that I would have a hard time finding a recent college graduate who has even heard of it?
“You must understand. The leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. The October Revolution was not what you call in America the “Russian Revolution.” It was an invasion and conquest over the Russian people. More of my countrymen suffered horrific crimes at their bloodstained hands than any people or nation ever suffered in the entirety of human history. It cannot be understated. Bolshevism was the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant of this reality is proof that the global media itself is in the hands of the perpetrators.”
Quote by Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is one of the greatest writers and historians of the 20th century who spent much of his life imprisoned under unbearable conditions in the Gulag Archipelago. Yet he survived with his humanity and faith in God in tact, a man not consumed by hatred but one who devoted his life to trying to understand Russia’s descent into tyranny. He was recognized by Putin before his death in 2008. The above quote puts what is commonly called the “Bolshevik Revolution” into an historical perspective. It was not a grassroots revolution by the Russian people but a coup d’état imposed on the Russian people by mostly non-Russians, dominated by Jews, who were funded by bankers on Wall Street and in other financial centers. If you want to understand the role that Jews played in the Bolshevik coup d’état, I suggest that you read Solzhenitsyn’s final book: Two Hundred Years Together. This two-volume historical essay was written as a comprehensive history of Jews in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and modern Russia between the years 1795 and 1995. These two volumes have never been translated into English despite the fact that they present a thorough analysis of the role of Jews in Russia and were big sellers in Russia. To understand why they were suppressed, another quote from a towering French writer, historian and philosopher seems appropriate.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise”
—Voltaire
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise”
—Voltaire
Just thought that worth repeating.
Well not exactly. If you care to read it here it is.
https://ia600301.us.archive.org/32/items/Solzhenitsyn200YearsTogether/Solzhenitsyn-200%20Years%20Together.pdf
I am aware of an informal effort to translate Two Hundred Years Together by volunteer translators funded by internet contributions but this was never completed to my knowledge.Only about three chapters were translated in volume 1 for example. Furthermore, there were questions about the quality of these translations. But the question remains why was an English version of this important book not released by a credible publisher, as were other books by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn including August 1914, The Gulag Archipelago, and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich? In my opinion, the answer was provided by Voltaire.