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“Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.”
― The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
― The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
“Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.”
― Candide
― Candide
“Killing Tutsis was a political tradition in postcolonial Rwanda; it brought people together.”
― We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
― We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
― Candide
― Candide
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