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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

About Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Author from Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1918–2008).

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This quote is attributed to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a Author from Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn lived from 1918 – 2008.