Live Not by Lies

On the day Alexander Solzhenitsyn was arrested and permanently deported, February, 12, 1974, he released an essay titled, “Live Not By Lies.”

Live not by Lies (excerpt)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

When violence bursts onto the peaceful human condition, its face is flush with self-assurance, it displays on its banner and proclaims: “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!” But violence ages swiftly, a few years pass—and it is no longer sure of itself. To prop itself up, to appear decent...