Lying Can Never Save Us From Another

The United Nations Would Probably Have To Rest On Two Pillars: One Constituted By An Assembly Of Equal Executive Representatives Of Individual Countries, Resembling The Present Plenary, And The Other Consisting Of A Group Elected Directly By The Globe's Population In Which The Number Of Delegates Representing Individual Nations Would, Thus, Roughly Correspond To The Size Of The Nations.

The Dissident Does Not Operate In The Realm Of Genuine Power At All. He Is Not Seeking Power. He Has No Desire For Office And Does Not Gather Votes. He Does Not Attempt To Charm The Public, He Offers Nothing And Promises Nothing. He Can Offer, If Anything, Only His Own Skin - And He Offers It Solely Because He Has No Other Way Of Affirming The Truth He Stands For. His Actions Simply Articulate His Dignity As A Citizen, Regardless Of The Cost.

The Only Thing I Can Recommend At This Stage Is A Sense Of Humor, An Ability To See Things In Their Ridiculous And Absurd Dimensions, To Laugh At Others And At Ourselves, A Sense Of Irony Regarding Everything That Calls Out For Parody In This World. In Other Words, I Can Only Recommend Perspective And Distance.

Without Free, Self-respecting, And Autonomous Citizens There Can Be No Free And Independent Nations.

As In Everything Else, I Must Start With Myself. That Is: In All Circumstances Try To Be Decent, Just, Tolerant, And Understanding, And At The Same Time Try To Resist Corruption And Deception. In Other Words, I Must Do My Utmost To Act In Harmony With My Conscience And My Better Self.