The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions — Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions — Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions — Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions — Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions — Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
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The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
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