Quotes by Herzen, Alexander

We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the tria >>

This socialism will develop in all its phases until it reaches its own >>

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it >>

Quotations about Nations

Without a country, I am not a man. >>

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best >>

National character is only another name for the particular form which >>

If nations always moved from one set of furnished rooms to another -- and always into a better set -- things might be easier, but the trouble is that there is no one to prepare the new rooms. The future is worse than the ocean -- there is nothing there. It will be what men and circumstances make it.

Herzen, Alexander