Alexander Herzen People Quotations

People who have realized that this is a dream imagine that it is easy to wake up, and are angry with those who continue sleeping, not considering that the whole world that environs them does not permit them to wake. Life proceeds as a series of optical illusions, artificial needs and imaginary sensations.

I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement.

The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.