If You Want To Change The World,

Hastiness And Superficiality Are The Psychic Diseases Of The 20th Century, And More Than Anywhere Else This Disease Is Reflected In The Press.

I Have Always Insisted On The Need For Local Self-government For Russia, But I Never Opposed This Model To Western Democracy. On The Contrary, I Have Tried To Convince My Fellow Citizens By Citing The Examples Of Highly Effective Local Self-government Systems In Switzerland And New England, Both Of Which I Saw First-hand.

... We Brush Aside All Scales Not Our Own, As If They Were Follies Or Delusions.

Blow The Dust Off The Clock. Your Watches Are Behind The Times. Throw Open The Heavy Curtains Which Are So Dear To You - You Do Not Even Suspect That The Day Has Already Dawned Outside.

If Only It Were All So Simple! If Only There Were Evil People Somewhere Insidiously Committing Evil Deeds, And It Were Necessary Only To Separate Them From The Rest Of Us And Destroy Them. But The Line Dividing Good And Evil Cuts Through The Heart Of Every Human Being. And Who Is Willing To Destroy A Piece Of His Own Heart?