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> [“He who does not cry out the truth when he knows the truth becomes the accomplice of the liars and falsifiers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-serge/he-who-does-not-cry-out-the-truth-when-he-knows-the-truth-becomes-the/)

[Victor Serge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-serge/)

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> [“In addition, of course, they would be taken to a bath and in the bath vestibule they would be ordered to leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/in-addition-of-course-they-would-be-taken-to-a-bath-and-in-the-bath/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [“purges and vaporizations were a necessary part of the mechanics of government. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/purges-and-vaporizations-were-a-necessary-part-of-the-mechanics-of/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [“Some say crying purges. I say it drains. There’s a difference. One takes the bad things from you to help close a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-skinner/some-say-crying-purges-i-say-it-drains-there-s-a-difference-one-takes/)

[Dan Skinner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-skinner/)

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> [Pol Pot carried out through the years enormous purges against his own followers because of his paranoia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-schanberg/pol-pot-carried-out-through-the-years-enormous-purges-against-his-own/)

[Sydney Schanberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-schanberg/)

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