Democracies cannot dispense with hypocrisy any more than dictatorships can with cynicism.
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Bernanos, Georges. Nous Autres Francais. Gallimard, 1939.
Bernanos, Georges. Nous Autres Francais. Gallimard, 1939.
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Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.
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