58 quotes
Khrushchev’s perestroika ended without any bloodshed. Khrushchev’s companions abandoned their leader in time and turned Brezhnevists.
Katastroika (1988)
The truth is now the lot of the loner with, unfortunately, very limited means of disseminating their ideas and influencing the masses. p. 695
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
To fully feel Western freedom, one must lose all hope of losing freedom. For the Russian, Western freedom is above all solitude. p. 89
Para Bellum (1987)
On the palace of the Prince, there was a slogan: ‘Long live feudalism – the bright future of the whole humanity!’ The slogan on the first sanctuary read: ‘Forward to the victory of serfdom!’
Katastroika (1988)
The problem is no longer how to build paradise on Earth, but how to live there. p. 424
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
Intending to improve the economic situation, the Gorbachevites put the economy itself into a state of crisis. p. 108
Perestroika and counter-perestroika (1991)
Stalin is not the creator of Russian tragedy, he was only its expression. p. 340
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
The propaganda apparatus of Stalin and Brezhnev seems, in comparison [to the media lie], a game of amateur forgers. p. 695
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
The ancestors are generally only a caricature of the contemporaries, and the descendants a caricature of the ancestors. p. 127
Para Bellum (1987)
When Andropov became First Secretary of Central Committee of CPSU, he ordered the town renamed Partgrad. It’s hard to guess, how long will that name endure.
Katastroika (1988)
One of the reasons for the rather low intellectual level of essays which criticize Soviet society and denounce its scourges is precisely poor ideological education. p. 638
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
In reality, the occidentist state system is not reduced to democracy. It is not even its main element. It is in the public eye, it makes a lot of noise and serves as a showcase. But it is only the façade of real power
Occidentism - an essay on the triumph of an ideology (1995)
Biotechnology is likely to play a role in reducing the world's population, eliminating unwanted peoples, etc. But no matter what we invent, the heart of society will remain the natural man with a human body and a human intellect.
Interview with Alexander Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinoviev for the newspaper "Zavtra (2006)
The problem is not the lack of freedom, it is on the contrary the excess of freedom! We're stuffed with it! (p. 36)
Para Bellum (1987)
Nothing takes root so well in people's minds as misconceptions that become prejudices. Ignorance is strength ! p. 673
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
The one-party system does not come from an error or bad design, it is, on the contrary, perfectly normal, because our society does not have ONE party, it is WITHOUT a party. p. 115-116
The effectiveness of the Westernist economy is conditioned by three laws: the rational organization of business; brutal work discipline; maximum use of the means of production and labor force.
Interview with Alexander Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinoviev for the newspaper "Zavtra (2006)
The thirties were the darkest and at the same time the most optimistic period in Soviet history. p. 99
Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)
When it comes to destroying and humiliating Russian geniuses, the West and the Soviet Union are one. p. 103
Para Bellum (1987)
In short, the problem is not what will happen in fifty years, but what our surviving descendants will think of us. p. 127
Para Bellum (1987)