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“Shortly after the elections, Putin went so far as to inform us that Parliament was a place not for debate, but for legislative tidying up. He was pleased that the new Duma would not be given to debating.”
― Anna Politkovskaya, A Russian Diary

“The policy lessons here are clear: growth helps the poor most when governments avoid policies that raise demand for high-skilled labor at the expense of low-skilled labor, when governments fund generous investments in basic education and health, and when governments pursue policies of broad global economic engagement rather than economic disengagement.”
― Edd S. Noell, Economic Growth: Unleashing the Potential of Human Flourishing

“Even if you believe there is no such thing as free will, it is impossible to live any kind of decent life based on that belief. Even if our personal choices are some deep fiction, we still have to convince ourselves to get out of bed in the morning. We are still obligated as a society to judge people as if they make their own choices.”
― Jonah Goldberg, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy

“There are angels in Hell,” the horror writer told him, “not just in Heaven. Indeed, the angels of Hell may be the more numerous.”
― Ellen Datlow, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror