It Is A Brave Man

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.

A Leader Should Not Be A Man Who Arbitrarily Imported His Own Ideas But The Essential Focal Point For A Group Of People Who Trusted One Another And Worked For A Common Aim.

People Who Are At Ease With Their Consciences Always Look Happy.

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.

With Such Global Events Looming Over Us Like Mountains, Nay, Like Entire Mountain Ranges, It May Seem Incongruous And Inappropriate To Recall That The Primary Key To Our Being Or Non-being Resides In Each Individual Human Heart, In The Heart’s Preference For Specific Good Or Evil. Yet This Remains True Even Today, And It Is, In Fact, The Most Reliable Key We Have. The Social Theories That Promised So Much Have Demonstrated Their Bankruptcy, Leaving Us At A Dead End.