Robert Conquest Quotes

Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands.

The Soviet assumption that all other political life-forms and beliefs were inherently and immutably hostile was the simple and central cause of that Cold War.

To congratulate oneself on one’s warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.