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Paris Commune

For the development of his alternative he took inspiration from the Paris Commune of 1871 (the source of the word 'communism')

on Lenin. did not know the etymology of communism

—p.32 by David Van Reybrouck
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inveigh

three leaders inveighed bitterly against the parliamentary system: Lenin, Mussolini and Hitler.

—p.31 by David Van Reybrouck
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There is no alternative

Ideological struggle gave way to the TINA ('there is no alternative') principle, and the foundations for a technocratisation of politics had been laid.

—p.22 by David Van Reybrouck
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you cannot even imagine

During one of his appearances as a witness at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Dallaire described the evacuation missions that foreign armies launched when the genocide broke out. He explained that soldiers rescued their own nationals but left Rwandans to die and called their conduct…

—p.279 A Thousand Hills: Rwanda's Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It by Stephen Kinzer
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remain actively seized of the matter

On April 21, the Council met to make its decision. After perfunctory debate, it approved an ignoble document called Resolution 912. It was a veritable lexicon of diplomatic mendacity. First it proclaimed that the United Nations was "shocked," "appalled," and "deeply concerned" by the bloodshed in R…

—p.156 by Stephen Kinzer