"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."

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"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."

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"Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown."

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"Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle."

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

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"White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion."

William S. Paley, American Businessman

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"The final story, the final chapter of western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles."

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"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

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"A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

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"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."

Freedom, Years

"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."

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"Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig."

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"I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York."

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"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."

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"Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political."

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"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."

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"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."

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