“Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: the criminal regimes were made not by criminals but by enthusiasts convinced they had discovered the only road to paradise. They defended that road so valiantly that they were forced to execute many people. Later it became clear that there was no paradise, that the enthusiasts were therefore murderers.”
“任何认为中欧的共产主义政权完全是罪犯所为的人，都忽略了一个基本事实：这些罪恶的政权并非由罪犯缔造，而是由那些确信自己发现了通往天堂唯一道路的狂热分子所缔造。他们如此英勇地捍卫那条道路，以至于被迫处决了许多人。后来才清楚，天堂并不存在，因而那些狂热分子也就成了杀人犯。”
