We Will Die, But Art Will Remain.

Vladimir Putin Inherited A Ransacked And Bewildered Country, With A Poor And Demoralized People. And He Started To Do What Was Possible - A Slow And Gradual Restoration. These Efforts Were Not Noticed, Nor Appreciated, Immediately. In Any Case, One Is Hard Pressed To Find Examples In History When Steps By One Country To Restore Its Strength Were Met Favorably By Other Governments.

A Decline In Courage May Be The Most Striking Feature That An Outside Observer Notices In The West Today. The Western World Has Lost Its Civic Courage . . . . Such A Decline In Courage Is Particularly Noticeable Among The Ruling And Intellectual Elite, Causing An Impression Of A Loss Of Courage By The Entire Society.

There Also Exists Another Alliance - At First Glance A Strange One, A Surprising One - But If You Think About It, In Fact, One Which Is Well Grounded And Easy To Understand. This Is The Alliance Between Our Communist Leaders And Your Capitalists. This Alliance Is Not New. ... We Observe Continuous And Steady Support By The Businessmen Of The West Of The Soviet Communist Leaders.

... Scientists Have Made No Clear Effort To Become An Important, Independently Active Force Of Mankind. Whole Congresses At A Time, They Back Away From The Suffering Of Others; It Is More Comfortable To Stay Within The Bounds Of Science.

What Is An Optimist? The Man Who Says, "it's Worse Everywhere Else. We're Better Off Than The Rest Of The World. We've Been Lucky." He Is Happy With Things As They Are And He Doesn't Torment Himself. What Is A Pessimist? The Man Who Says, "things Are Fine Everywhere But Here. Everyone Else Is Better Off Than We Are. We're The Only Ones Who've Had A Bad Break." He Torments Himself Continually.