All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.

Fulfillment of Central Committee directives became Stalin’s mantra, and suspicion of non-fulfillment, his obsession.

Written By Stephen Kotkin

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