As they have dared, so shall I dare. Dare to tell the truth, as I have pledged to tell it, in full, since the normal channels of justice have failed to do so. My duty is to speak out; I do not wish to be an accomplice in this travesty. My nights would otherwise be haunted by the spectre of the innocent man, far away, suffering the most horrible of tortures for a crime he did not commit.
(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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