Vladimir Bukovsky quotes
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“The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!'”
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“Justice is always naive and self-confident; believing that it will immediately win once recognized. That is the reason why the forces of Justice are so poorly organized. On the other hand, the Evil is cynic, sly and fantastically organized. It never ever has the illusion of the ability to stand on its own feet and to win in a fair competition. That is why it is ready to use any kind of means without hesitation. And of course it does - under the banners of the most noble ideas.”
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“Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it...”
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“This dream of absolute, universal equality is amazing, terrifying, and inhuman. And the moment it captures people's minds, the result is mountains of corpses and rivers of blood...”
-- Vladimir BukovskySource : Vladimir Bukovsky (1988). “To build a castle: my life as a dissenter”, Ethics & Public Policy Center
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“A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.”
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“I should like to underline: no people, no country, in which a Communist dictatorship has been established, ever found its way out of it.”
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“If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more resembles the Soviet Union.”
-- Vladimir BukovskySource : "Secretly Trading Away Our Independence" by William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. May 9, 2013.
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“Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.”
-- Vladimir BukovskySource : "Torture's Long Shadow". www.washingtonpost.com. December 18, 2005.
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