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What were Vladimir Nabokov's political views?
In 1942 Vladimir Nabokov declared: Democracy is humanity at its best ... it is the natural condition of every man ever since the human mind became conscious.“
Did Vladimir Nabokov write about politics?
Yes, in Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov proudly recounted his father's campaigns against despotism and staunch opposition to capital punishment.

Question: Were his views controversial?
Self-contained rewrite: Were Vladimir Nabokov's views controversial?