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“...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.”
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.”
― Screening History
― Screening History
The History Book Club
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The Cold War
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Cold War history, from Harry Truman and Robert Oppenheimer to Ronald Reagan the fall of the Berlin Wall. Soldiers, spies, industrialists, academics, p ...more
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