The world needs an Arab Solzehnitsyn, to end 14 centuries of oppression, and bring peace to the Middle East, South Asia and Africa - in fact to much of the world.
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart…even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil. Thanks to ideology the twentieth century was fated to experience evildoing calculated on a scale in the millions. Alas, all the evil of the twentieth century is possible everywhere on earth. Yet, I have not given up all hope that human beings and nations may be able, in spite of all, to learn from the experience of other people without having to go through it personally.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
When I taught government courses in my home schooling courses I always required reading of selected chapters of The Gulag Archipelago before commencement of the first class. These selected chapters had a profound impact upon my students. After reading those chapters they never fell prey to the idea of government as God. Governments are composed of sinful men. As such, government should always be limited.
Easily one of the most inspirational and courageous men I've ever come across. When I read his Harvard address I became an instant fan and nothing has marred that impression in my many years of reading his works and studying his life. He may not have been right about everything but he was a dogged fighter for the truth in the face of great lies and oppression. He is a true Russian patriot and I cannot help but be inspired by his words and his life which buttresses them to the full. One word comes to mind when I think of him: Solid!
Most students in University in North America do not know about this man. Which is a testament to the abosolute rot of our education system. I am doing my best to change that.
I read his first book, I believe The Gulags. He has a book out Two Hundred Years, not allowed in Western countries & will not be translated into English. A great man.
(14:09) One small correction - In The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn makes it clear he knew exactly why he was being arrested as soon as they showed up. He makes the story actually a bit humorous as they were only 200 yards from the front and it was dark and his arresting officers didn't know how to get back to their own HQ and Solzhenitsyn, their own prisoner, had to give them directions.
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
“And even in the fever of epidemic arrests, when people leaving for work said farewell to their families every day, because they could not be certain they would return at night, even then almost no one tried to run away and only in rare cases did people commit suicide. And that was exactly what was required. A submissive sheep is a find for a wolf.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
We are not even close to Soviet levels of oppression but it COULD happen. It's only taken 2 decades and people are already forgetting the lesson of the former USSR. NONE of the history of soviet opresstion was even brought up in a single segment of my entire public education. I was born the year the USSR fell. You would think it would be considered a relevant topic...
@Muhafiz Ghazi, Did you hear about Tommy Robinson, in the UK. Find out. The police. The media. Saudi backed Mosques, and arms deals with Riyadh. The politicians. The prison sentences. The coverups. The BBC. There is something rotten, going on. Really rotten. Find out about it. And spread the word.
great sacrifices, awesome sacrifices.. of just one man or few men,. that alone tells you something... that evil deeds can only be vindicated by the truth they reveal about our nature and shortcomings as finite self-loathing creatures with great potential for good.
Very inspirational. Thanks for posting this. I love the footage of Churchill, in Fulton Missouri, bemoaning the expansionist tyranny of the Soviet Union and the "Iron Curtain." Gee Winston! I wonder how that happened? It's not like you helped them win the war or anything.
As much as I respect Solzhenitsyn and his works the narration dealing with the history of Rus' as the beginning of Russian history and that Russia is the inheritor to the heritage of Kievan Rus' is debatable. Ukraine and Belarus have more right to the old Kiev Rus' inheritance than Moscow. It would be the same as if England, France, Germany, Spain are the rightful inheritors of the Roman Empire simply because they once formed an integral part of the Roman Empire with Rome as the capital.
capitalism or communism its all fucked up, let people live how they want, the golden rule: as long as its not harming another life, let people be. How many more lives must we lose to figure this out
+Ward Payne Way out of context. Rather was discussing what Solzhenitsyn said about the decadence of the _West_, not about what he'd survived in the gulag. Nice try.
+Ward Payne Even if Dan Rather reached that conclusion, it doesn't make it the right one. Solzhenitsyn had the courage to tell the truth and paid a heavy price for it.
“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
The world needs an Arab Solzehnitsyn, to end 14 centuries of oppression, and bring peace to the Middle East, South Asia and Africa - in fact to much of the world.
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart…even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
Thanks to ideology the twentieth century was fated to experience evildoing calculated on a scale in the millions.
Alas, all the evil of the twentieth century is possible everywhere on earth. Yet, I have not given up all hope that human beings and nations may be able, in spite of all, to learn from the experience of other people without having to go through it personally.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
When I taught government courses in my home schooling courses I always required reading of selected chapters of The Gulag Archipelago before commencement of the first class. These selected chapters had a profound impact upon my students. After reading those chapters they never fell prey to the idea of government as God. Governments are composed of sinful men. As such, government should always be limited.
Which chapters ? Would love to check those out
Easily one of the most inspirational and courageous men I've ever come across. When I read his Harvard address I became an instant fan and nothing has marred that impression in my many years of reading his works and studying his life. He may not have been right about everything but he was a dogged fighter for the truth in the face of great lies and oppression. He is a true Russian patriot and I cannot help but be inspired by his words and his life which buttresses them to the full. One word comes to mind when I think of him: Solid!
Actually he was right in everything.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a great man and intellectual. Russia needs more men like him to challenge, edify, and inspire the soul of Russia!
Most students in University in North America do not know about this man. Which is a testament to the abosolute rot of our education system. I am doing my best to change that.
@Aurora Dyx, Yuri Bezmenov warned us about that. And Yuri Bezmenov, told us how it occurred, also.
A great mind, a great man. I wish you well in your study.
I read his first book, I believe The Gulags. He has a book out Two Hundred Years, not allowed in Western countries & will not be translated into English. A great man.
(14:09) One small correction - In The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn makes it clear he knew exactly why he was being arrested as soon as they showed up. He makes the story actually a bit humorous as they were only 200 yards from the front and it was dark and his arresting officers didn't know how to get back to their own HQ and Solzhenitsyn, their own prisoner, had to give them directions.
that's right, I haven't read the gulag archipeligo in ages but I do remember that part from the beginning.
Awesome!
I have great respect for Russia and especially Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
No joke, I've seen this at least 20 times. 😍
I had to 'sign in' to google to be permitted to watch this video: the content is inappropriate some in their estimation.
Of course. Google is a totaltarian corporation
“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
The best writer, love him very much ....
“And even in the fever of epidemic arrests, when people leaving for work said farewell to their families every day, because they could not be certain they would return at night, even then almost no one tried to run away and only in rare cases did people commit suicide. And that was exactly what was required. A submissive sheep is a find for a wolf.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
sends me chills down my spine seeing the same kind of secular oppression happening in the united states
what are you talking about lmao
We are not even close to Soviet levels of oppression but it COULD happen.
It's only taken 2 decades and people are already forgetting the lesson of the former USSR.
NONE of the history of soviet opresstion was even brought up in a single segment of my entire public education.
I was born the year the USSR fell.
You would think it would be considered a relevant topic...
@Muhafiz Ghazi, Did you hear about Tommy Robinson, in the UK. Find out. The police. The media. Saudi backed Mosques, and arms deals with Riyadh. The politicians. The prison sentences. The coverups. The BBC. There is something rotten, going on. Really rotten. Find out about it. And spread the word.
great sacrifices, awesome sacrifices.. of just one man or few men,. that alone tells you something... that evil deeds can only be vindicated by the truth they reveal about our nature and shortcomings as finite self-loathing creatures with great potential for good.
18:41 is probably the most chilling portion of this video...
18:41 And we have learne what freedom means”
Very inspirational. Thanks for posting this.
I love the footage of Churchill, in Fulton Missouri, bemoaning the expansionist tyranny of the Soviet Union and the "Iron Curtain."
Gee Winston! I wonder how that happened? It's not like you helped them win the war or anything.
Joseph Martin I despise Churchill, but he did come around, although too late.
Dan Rather… “His Truth”
Do anyone know where the film that start at 7.27 is taken from? Give thanks!
It's 1954 feature movie - opera Boris Godunov.
Yeah, I know you don't like the truth.
next step, China
As much as I respect Solzhenitsyn and his works the narration dealing with the history of Rus' as the beginning of Russian history and that Russia is the inheritor to the heritage of Kievan Rus' is debatable. Ukraine and Belarus have more right to the old Kiev Rus' inheritance than Moscow. It would be the same as if England, France, Germany, Spain are the rightful inheritors of the Roman Empire simply because they once formed an integral part of the Roman Empire with Rome as the capital.
The killers, they were not visionaries.
Dostoyevsky : Russian soul is a dark place
the heart of men is the battle field between God and Satan
...Trump with Tache????
Little bit western propaganda type of documentary but still good.
capitalism or communism its all fucked up, let people live how they want, the golden rule: as long as its not harming another life, let people be. How many more lives must we lose to figure this out
Basically, Dan Rather is saying, "Solzhenitsyn lied. We know he lied. But he had the courage to lie ... and that's wonderful."
Interesting. I thought Rather said that much of what Solzhenitsyn said was right...were you paying attention?
I recall Dan Rather enunciating with a condescending smirk, "... his version of the truth ..." which is a nice way of saying, "Solzhenitsyn lied."
+Ward Payne Way out of context. Rather was discussing what Solzhenitsyn said about the decadence of the _West_, not about what he'd survived in the gulag. Nice try.
"Nice try?"
What's that about?
+Ward Payne Even if Dan Rather reached that conclusion, it doesn't make it the right one. Solzhenitsyn had the courage to tell the truth and paid a heavy price for it.