“Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of f...” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quote

“Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.”

“Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle.”

“For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.”

“The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.”

“Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law... are universal values of the human spirit.”

“Freedom of the news media must be subordinated to the overriding needs of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.”