Vladimir Bukovsky quotes

Vladimir Bukovsky was a Russian writer, human rights activist, and former Soviet dissident. A vocal critic of Soviet political abuse of psychiatry, he exposed the inner workings of the repressive regime. He became an international symbol of resistance against totalitarianism and fought tirelessly for freedom and democracy. Here are 5 of his quotes:

A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.

Vladimir Bukovsky

Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born in Maastricht in 1992. The intent was to save socialism in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the predictable bankruptcy of the welfare state in the West as well.

Vladimir Bukovsky

The dream of socialists, the Maximum Programme, has always been to eliminate the private property, the family and the nation state. With the private property they have not succeeded, but they continue on the path of destruction of the family and the nation.

Vladimir Bukovsky

The experience of opposing mass movements was acquired by the KGB during perestroika. It was then that the politicians decided to develop and nourish mass movements for their purposes.

Vladimir Bukovsky