“A decline in courage may be the most striking feature which an
outside observer notices in the West in our days. The Western world
has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately, in each
country, each government, each political party, and of course in the
United Nations. Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable
among the ruling groups and the intellectual elite, causing an
impression of loss of courage by the entire society. Of course there
are many courageous individuals but they have no determining
influence on public life […] Should one point out that from ancient
times decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the
end?”
(HT: Survival Blog)
Rings true. :-/
ReplyDeleteI have never read his Gulag Archipelago, but I need to.
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