Ah, what a cesspool of folly and foolishness, what preposterous fantasies, what corrupt police tactics, what inquisitorial, tyrannical practices! What petty whims of a few higher-ups trampling the nation under their boots, ramming back down their throats the people's cries for truth and justice, with the travesty of state security as a pretext.
(J'accuse!, 1898)
Emile Zola
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There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman. Don't go looking at me like that because you'll wear your eyes out. Truth is on the march; nothing can stop it now.
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