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"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."

"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."

"As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants."
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"I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine."


"And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected."


"I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke."
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