Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Quotes
If someone asked you, why not help him out?
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Translated by Ralph Parker, E.P. Dutton, 1963, p. 55.
This was a swipe at the Conservatives at the time who were opposed to a Federal Government that would actively provide assistance directly to individuals. There was a belief amongst some politicians that by assisting people in need, their character would be weakened and the people and the society would be hurt in the long run.
Quoted by Jack Kemp in Senate Hearing, June 3, 1992
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of human rights abuses, the Gulag concentration camp system and political repression in the Soviet Union.