A Poet Cannot Be A Party Member

Just As King Midas Turned Everything To Gold, Stalin Turned Everything To Mediocrity.

When I Returned To Russia In 1994, The Western World And Its States Were Practically Being Worshipped. Admittedly, This Was Caused Not So Much By Real Knowledge Or A Conscious Choice, But By The Natural Disgust With The Bolshevik Regime And Its Anti-western Propaganda.

Communist Propaganda Would Sometimes Include Statements Such As "we Include Almost All The Commandments Of The Gospel In Our Ideology". The Difference Is That The Gospel Asks All This To Be Achieved Through Love, Through Self-limitation, But Socialism Only Uses Coercion. This Is One Point.

The Strength Or Weakness Of A Society Depends More On The Level Of Its Spiritual Life Than On Its Level Of Industrialization. Neither A Market Economy Nor Even General Abundance Constitutes The Crowning Achievement Of Human Life. If A Nation's Spiritual Energies Have Been Exhausted, It Will Not Be Saved From Collapse By The Most Perfect Government Structure Or By Any Industrial Development. A Tree With A Rotten Core Cannot Stand.

Any Fool Can Bomb A Train, But Just Try Sorting Out The Mess.