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La Russie en 1839 (1843)
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Whoever has really seen Russia will find himself content to live anywhere else. It is always good to know that a society exists where no happiness is possible because, by a law of nature, man cannot be happy unless he is free.
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This empire [Russia], vast as it is, is only a prison to which the emperor holds the key.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Marquis de Custine
Born:
March 18, 1790
Died:
September 25, 1857
(aged 67)
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