Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
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- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: June 10, 1914
- Died: April 5, 2005
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It is difficult to see how Gandhi's methods could be applied in a country where opponents of the regime disappear in the middle of the night and are never heard of again. Without a free press and the right of assembly, it is impossible not merely to appeal to outside opinion, but to bring a mass movement into being, or even to make your intentions known to your adversary. Is there a Gandhi in Russia at this moment? And if there is, what is he accomplishing?
George Orwell