Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either.
Summary
This quote highlights the potential shortcomings of both an objective legal system and solely relying on it in society. The speaker, who has lived under a Communist regime, believes that a society completely devoid of an objective legal scale is dreadful. However, the speaker also argues that a legal scale alone is inadequate as it fails to capture all aspects essential to human worth. Thus, the quote suggests the importance of striking a balance between having an objective legal system and considering other moral and ethical factors that contribute to a just and worthy society.