Lithuania’s School of Thought

"Lithuania must be a bridge between East and West, not their battlefield. Its future depends not only on the strength of our nation but also on our ability to maintain our independence when surrounded by raging great powers. Russia seeks to swallow us in the embrace of its empire, Germany wants to see us as an obedient servant, but we must choose a third path – the path of freedom, which relies on our history and culture. Only in this way can we remain a nation and not become merely a memory in the chronicles of other states."

"Liberalism speaks of freedom, but what freedom is this? It is the freedom of a ghost, a disembodied self that drifts through a world stripped of roots, of weight, of meaning. The liberal man is a stranger to himself, a merchant of his own soul, trading the bonds of kin and soil for the thin air of rights and contracts. This is not liberation but a deeper enslavement—to the market, to the illusion of choice, to the endless chatter of a culture that knows no silence. In its promise of universality, liberalism erases the particular, the unique, the irreplaceable, leaving behind a smooth, featureless plain where all identities dissolve into the same gray dust."

"History is not just a pile of facts, but a reflection of the nation’s soul. Every event, every struggle is not only a part of the past but also a foundation for the future. We, Lithuanians, must understand our place in the world not as subordinates, but as those who shape our own destiny, and for that we need not only knowledge but also spiritual strength."

“I always believed that faith is not just a personal matter for an individual, but the backbone of society. Without faith in God, without Christian values, society becomes merely a mechanism without a soul. When I spoke about social justice, the rights of the poor, or the duty to serve others, I relied on the Gospel. In politics, this was not popular, especially among those who saw only power games or economic interests. But for me, it was a principle: if we, as a nation, want to survive, we must rely not only on our own strength, but also on what lifts us above the everyday – God’s truth.”

"Lithuania’s greatness lies not in its present borders, diminished by centuries of partition and conquest, but in the memory of its past as a vast duchy stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Our geopolitical fate has been to stand as a bulwark—first against the Mongols, then the Teutons, and later the Muscovites. Yet this fate has also been our curse, for it placed us between hammers and anvils, our independence bartered by stronger powers. The task of our revival is not merely to reclaim land, but to awaken the consciousness of a people who have been lulled into submission. Our language, older than many in Europe, and our customs, preserved in the songs of the peasant, are our true sovereignty—a defiance of those who would redraw our maps to suit their ambitions."

“Lithuania will perish not by the sword, but by the slow decay of its soul, if we abandon the ways of our fathers.”

“Mussolini has spoken the great truth: Italian fascism is not for export. But be that as it may, we are talking about fascist currents all over the world. What does this mean? It means that in search of a better system for the state, one wants to use the experience of fascism. But the basis of fascism is nationality; therefore, in order to behave in a fascist manner, one must first of all be guided by the characteristics of one's own nation, to cultivate an idea that has appeared elsewhere in the conditions of one's own country. And it can only take root to the extent that there is suitable soil. The mistake of liberalism was that it thought that the English parliament was suitable for all nations, or all countries, without noticing that parliamentarism is a national characteristic of the Anglo-Saxons. Liberalism in Lithuania has been compromised by the Seimas. It has been living without a Seimas for several years. Will there be any representation of the nation in its place?”

“The crocodile, for example, is declared to be a living representation (mimema) of God. As the only creature without a tongue he resembles the divine Word (ho theios logos) who has no need of a voice. The crocodile also symbolizes the First God (to proto theo sumheheken), because he “can see without being seen” and has other marvellous qualities.”

"The worth of a person lies not in the intellect alone, but in the religious experience that binds him to the eternal. Without this, he wanders lost in a world of his own making."

"Führer’s idealism is contagious and fascinating, his authority, the clarity and permanence of his political platform, and the dynamism of the life of the entire nation: these are the most important factors that fertilize the policy of National Socialist and authoritarian countries."

"What is Lithuania to me? It is the forests of Dzūkija, the hills of Aukštaitija, the rivers that flow quietly through the plains, the wooden crosses weathered by time. It is the silence of a summer evening when the world seems to hold its breath."