Leaders of the Liberation Movement – About Ukrainian Statehood. Denys Kvitkovskyi

Denys Kvitkovskyi, Ukrainian public and political figure, lawyer, political writer, publisher, historian, head of the OUN (m) (1977–1979).

From an interview with the newspaper “Ukrainske Slovo” (February 5, 1978): “Our policy is a liberating policy. It is based on the principle proclaimed by Mykola Mikhnovskyi in 1900 in his brochure “Independent Ukraine”: “As long as a foreigner dominates at least one piece of Ukrainian territory, ... all generations of Ukrainians will go to war...

In this struggle for the state, the nation as a cultural-historical and political value, is and must be at the core of our thinking and interest. Until we enshrine the Ukrainian nation’s indisputable right to its existence, our historical task will not be fulfilled...

Our only political concept now is an independent, sovereign state of the Ukrainian people. Any other political concepts are a dangerous and irresponsible game with the fate of a great nation” (BSA of the SZR of Ukraine. - F.1. - Case 10221. – V. 1. - P. 144-146).