Ignazio Silone's Quotes

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.

On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

I don't have a dark side at all. I just like violence.

I grew up reading the classic novels of Cold War espionage, and I studied Russian history and Soviet foreign policy.

I'm a mild-mannered person.

Russia is classic fascism.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, if you start the clock, then 47 journalists, reporters, cameramen, photographers have been killed in Russia since the fall of communism. That makes it the third most deadly country on Earth to practice journalism. That's not a record to be proud of.

I absolutely fell in love with Moscow. It's one of those places where you can't help but trip over history at every turn. It's a city of enormous contradictions. Within a few yards of Lenin's Tomb is some of the most expensive shopping in the world.

I loved September 12th. I loved the way - it's awful but, boy, did I love that day when we all came together. All the bickering stopped. All the partisan, cheap partisan warfare stopped.