Vladimir Bukovsky quotes

“The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!'”
-- Vladimir Bukovsky

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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.”
-- Vladimir Bukovsky

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“Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it...”
-- Vladimir Bukovsky

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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 Bukovsky

Source : 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.”
-- Vladimir Bukovsky

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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.”
-- Vladimir Bukovsky

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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 Bukovsky

Source : "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 Bukovsky

Source : "Torture's Long Shadow". www.washingtonpost.com. December 18, 2005.

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“Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.”

“Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.”

“We may not preach a crucified Saviour without being also crucified men and women. It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration. The cross that Paul speaks about was burned into his very flesh, was branded into his being, and only the Holy Spirit can burn the true cross into our innermost life.”

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.”

“Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.”

“You should treat as many patients as possible with the new drugs while they still have the power to heal.”

“The buffalo isn't as dangerous as everyone makes him out to be. Statistics prove that in the United States more Americans are killed in automobile accidents than are killed by buffalo.”

“It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation.”