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“What's surprising is that the people who fought against torture here are the communists.”

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen

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Jean-Marie Le Pen

Jean-Marie Le Pen was a controversial French politician known for his role in the National Front party. Born on June 20, 1928, he was a significant figure in French politics for several decades. more

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“When you write a two thousand page history of the Second World War, the deportations and the concentration camps will take up five pages, and the gas chambers perhaps 20 lines.”

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“Our mind is always subject to being distracted by thoughts of what happened in the past and ideas of what could happen in the future, but the living experience is what is happening NOW.”

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“If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?”

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