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There are times when one tragedy, one crime, tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic façade and helps us understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments often justify their actions with lies.

A single, well-documented injustice can reveal the true machinery behind a much larger system.

John Pilger, British Indian Ocean Territory

Source: John Pilger, opening narration, Stealing a Nation (Granada Television, 2004)

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