“A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.”

– Alexander Solzhenitsyn

With the recent death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the west lost a voice that called out for freedom. Having lived through the oppressive system that socialism brings with it, he warned the west about what would happen. He loved his native nation and worked toward gaining its liberties. Although not a Southron, he understood the importance of literature and culture. He also saw the danger of socialist democratic policies. He saw the dangers of central planning and what it did to the freedoms of his people. He warned the west about these evils and the necessity to preserve our freedoms. Although he left the earth, his words are still with us. I have included some of his quotes which are pertinent to our struggle to retain Southron culture, literature and freedoms.

“Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.”

“Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn’t the will to do what is right”

“The task must be to banish from mankind’s thought the idea that anybody has the right to use force against righteousness, against justice, against mutual agreements”

“Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.”

“No one can bar the road to truth, and to advance its cause I am prepared to accept even death. But may it be that repeated lessons will finally teach us not to stop the writer’s pen during his lifetime?”

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