Human Rights, Human Freedoms... And Human Dignity

It's Not Hard To Stand Behind One's Successes. But To Accept Responsibility For One's Failures... That Is Devishly Hard!

I Have Found That Good Taste, Oddly Enough, Plays An Important Role In Politics. Why Is It Like That? The Most Probable Reason Is That Good Taste Is A Visible Manifestation Of Human Sensibility Toward The World, Environment, People.

The Attempt To Devote Oneself To Literature Alone Is A Most Deceptive Thing, And ... Often, Paradoxically, It Is Literature That Suffers For It.

The Idea Of Human Rights And Freedoms Must Be An Integral Part Of Any Meaningful World Order. Yet, I Think It Must Be Anchored In A Different Place, And In A Different Way, Than Has Been The Case So Far. If It Is To Be More Than Just A Slogan Mocked By Half The World, It Cannot Be Expressed In The Language Of A Departing Era, And It Must Not Be Mere Froth Floating On The Subsiding Waters Of Faith In A Purely Scientific Relationship To The World.

Ownership Is Not A Vice, Not Something To Be Ashamed Of, But Rather A Commitment, And An Instrument By Which The General Good Can Be Served.