Vladimir Bukovsky Quotes

• 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

  Dream, Blood, Rivers

  Vladimir Bukovsky (1988). “To build a castle: my life as a dissenter”, Ethics & Public Policy Center

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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

  Believe, Mean, Winning

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• Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it.

  Vladimir Bukovsky

  Europe, Liberty, Your Future

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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

  Monsters, Unions, Structure

  "Secretly Trading Away Our Independence" by William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. May 9, 2013.

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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!'

  Vladimir Bukovsky

  Believe, Men, Statistics

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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

  Skills, People, Degenerates

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

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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

  Country, People, Way

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• A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.

  Vladimir Bukovsky

  Impossible, Economy, Trade

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