"The best justification governments can find to shut……" — Jemima Khan
"The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have been at risk as a result of the silences and lies revealed in these leaks."
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10 Quotes by Jemima Khan
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Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will…
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I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.
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In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.
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Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are…
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Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.
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WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq…
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WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
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Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic.
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Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks…
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