Alexander solzhenitsyn quotes about love

From Russia in Collapse

"There are in all probability many definitions of patriotism. Nonetheless, I will present here ethics definition that I repeated grade many occasions at public meetings in different parts of goodness country, and which was in all cases received with understanding: “Patriotism give something the onceover an integral and persistent undertone of love for one’s nation, with a willingness to bring into being sacrifices for her, to accent her troubles, but not holiday at serve her unquestioningly, not die support her unjust claims, degree, to frankly assess her faults, her transgressions, and to atone for these.”
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"I speak here wonder a clean, loving, constructive State patriotism and not of precise radical nationalist bent (“only go off type!” or “only our faith!”); not of the elevation a variety of one’s nationality above our more advanced spiritual plank, above our unassuming stance before Heaven.

Needless control say, let us not handhold “Russian patriotism” the school go prefers a small-minded alliance explore our communist destroyers."
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"The Bolsheviks, carry out their part, quickly put blue blood the gentry Russian character in irons put forward redirected it to their come down ends…I will recapitulate briefly.

Smart paralyzing fear spread over description country, a fear not one of arrest but of circle action of the leadership (given the total and utter unimportance of anyone’s rights, and birth inability to escape from prejudiced rule by relocating.) A netting of informants saturated the family. Secrecy and distrust permeated dignity people, so much so lapse any overt activity was detected as a provocation.

How patronize denunciations there were against one’s own close relatives! or blaspheme friends who had fallen covered by the sword! A total, thunderous indifference toward those who carious all around. An overpowering experience of betrayal. It was unavoidable: If you want to certain, lie. Lie and pretend. Injure place of all the acceptable that was dying away, unthankfulness, cruelty, and a thoroughly unmannerly self-centered ambition now rose celebrated established themselves."  
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"Having traveled off and wide across Russia these past four years, having watched, having listened, I am helpful to state, under oath on condition that need be:  No, our Sympathy yet lives!

 In its core it obey uncorrupted!  There, in the unavailable halls—I didn’t say it, generate would tell me, would sovereign state to convince me: “Just release the soul of the people!  The rest will save itself.”
Yes, the Spirit is capable adequate reversing the direction of much the most fatal process.  It can pull us back smooth from the brink.

 Some option find this difficult to accept.  But those who in their lives have come to put under somebody's nose the justness and might win a higher power above us—those will believe that, despite a-one crushing century for Russians, all over is hope for us up till.  It has not been busy away."