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"Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme."

"I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever."

"For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones."
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"There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it."

"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."

"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."

"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."
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