Anna Politkovskaya quotes
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“People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think. In fact, one can even get killed for giving me information. I am not the only one in danger. I have examples that prove it.”
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“What matter is the information, not what you think about it.”
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“We are hurtling back into a Soviet abyss, into an information vacuum that spells death from our own ignorance. All we have left is the internet, where information is still freely available. For the rest, if you want to go on working as a journalist, it's total servility to Putin. Otherwise, it can be death, the bullet, poison, or trial—whatever our special services, Putin's guard dogs, see fit.”
-- Anna PolitkovskayaSource : "Poisoned by Putin: The horror of Beslan was made still worse by the intimidation of Russia's servile media". www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2004.
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“We live now in an era where normal values have been displaced. The good is called bad, the bad - good.”
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Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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