Vladimir Bukovsky Professions : WriterBorn : December 30, 1942 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Vladimir Bukovsky Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it. Vladimir Bukovsky your-futurelibertyeurope 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 unionsstructuremonsters 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 dreamriversblood The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!' Vladimir Bukovsky statisticsmenbelieve 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 degeneratesskillspeople 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 winningmeanbelieve A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible. Vladimir Bukovsky economytradeimpossible 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 countrypeopleway Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born in Maastricht in 1992. The intent was to save socialism in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the predictable bankruptcy of the welfare state in the West as well. Vladimir Bukovsky socialismborncommunismfall Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever, capable, but focused on their own tasks, will leave their immediate occupations and go to the barricades, because there is nowhere to hide. Vladimir Bukovsky momentstresstimepeople The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass movements for their purposes. Vladimir Bukovsky nourishpoliticiansmassexperience This power, this authority, Soviet power: they killed everybody who could make any resistance, who could explain his own way of thinking and who could follow his own way of thinking, of believing. Vladimir Bukovsky ownpowerwaythinking The real leaders cannot appear in the peaceful time; nor can the serious opposition emerge from within the peaceful atmosphere. Without an open confrontation, there is no opposition! Vladimir Bukovsky peacefulseriousrealtime The dream of socialists, the Maximum Programme, has always been to eliminate the private property, the family and the nation state. With the private property they have not succeeded, but they continue on the path of destruction of the family and the nation. Vladimir Bukovsky nationfamilypathdream Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors
