Darkness At Noon (1941)
“But this must happen in such a way that no one become aware of it; or, if it should be noticed, excuses must be at hand, to be produced immediately.
MACHIAVELLI: Instructions to Raffaello Girlami But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
MATT. V. 37 1 Extract from N. S. Rubashov’s diary. 20th Day of Prison.
“… VLADIMIR BOGROV has fallen out of the swing. A hundred and fifty years ago, the day of the storming of the Bastille, the Europea...n swing, after long inaction, again started to move. It had pushed off from tyranny with gusto; with an apparently uncheckable impetus, it had swung up towards the blue sky of freedom. For a hundred years it had risen higher and higher into the spheres of liberalism and democracy. But, see, gradually the pace slowed down, the swing neared the summit and turning-point of its course; then, after a second of immobility, it started the movement backwards, with ever-increasing speed. With the same impetus as on the way up, the swing carried its passengers back from freedom to tyranny again.MoreLess
MACHIAVELLI: Instructions to Raffaello Girlami But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
MATT. V. 37 1 Extract from N. S. Rubashov’s diary. 20th Day of Prison.
“… VLADIMIR BOGROV has fallen out of the swing. A hundred and fifty years ago, the day of the storming of the Bastille, the Europea...n swing, after long inaction, again started to move. It had pushed off from tyranny with gusto; with an apparently uncheckable impetus, it had swung up towards the blue sky of freedom. For a hundred years it had risen higher and higher into the spheres of liberalism and democracy. But, see, gradually the pace slowed down, the swing neared the summit and turning-point of its course; then, after a second of immobility, it started the movement backwards, with ever-increasing speed. With the same impetus as on the way up, the swing carried its passengers back from freedom to tyranny again.MoreLess
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