Djemal Pasha quotes
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“With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks.”
-- Djemal PashaSource : "Djemal Pasha In Moscow", New York Times, June 17, 1920.
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“I shall not return to Constantinople until I have conquered Egypt!”
-- Djemal PashaSource : "On Secret Service East of Constantinople". Book by Peter Hopkirk, p. 77, 2001.
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“There is nothing in the world that could make me turn from the law. With a clear conscience, I am prepared to answer for each and every one of my political and administrative orders and actions, and to do so before the court of public opinion...”
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“800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past.”
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“Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.”
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“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
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“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy”
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“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
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