Yevgeny Zamyatin quote: The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a ...

The government (or humanity) would not permit capital punishment for one man, but they permitted the murder of millions a little at a time.

~ Yevgeny Zamyatin ~

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