“This political line is wholly neo-Soviet: human beings do not have independent existences, they are cogs in the machine whose function is to implement unquestioningly whatever political escapades those in power dream up. Cogs have no rights. Not even to… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share
“At least a circus performance does not last long, and the regime availing itself of the services of clownish journalists has the longevity of… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
“This political line is wholly neo-Soviet: human beings do not have independent existences, they are cogs in the machine whose function is to implement unquestioningly whatever political escapades those in power dream up. Cogs have no rights. Not even to dignity in death.” — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share
“When the Fascists entered Denmark, the Jews were ordered to sew yellow stars on their clothing so they could be easily recognized. The Danes… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
“Alvi also told them that the main reason his family was in Moscow and not in Chechnya, in spite of how uncomfortable things were for them here, was to enable their children to go to school without a war taking place around them. Zulai was a math teacher, but she had to work at a market stall in Moscow, not… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share
People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think. In fact, one can even get killed for giving me information. I… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance. All we have left is… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
“How we react to the tragedy of one small person accurately reflects our attitude towards a whole nationality, and increasing the numbers doesn't change… — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
We live now in an era where normal values have been displaced. The good is called bad, the bad - good. — Anna Politkovskaya Copy Share Image
