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.


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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.

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Legal
By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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