"A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny." ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Topic(s): War Tags: state More From Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme." "Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." "Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience… from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation." More In War "Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other."― Miguel de Cervantes "I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim."― Dave Pelzer "Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse."― Thomas Fuller