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		reddog on March 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I did not go to jail (2014) As Beria, head of Stalin’s secret police said, “Show me the man and I will find you the crime.”

kubanczyk on March 9, 2021 [–]

Actually I couldn't find any reliable source to attribute this quote (or something similar) to neither Beria, Andriey Wyszynski, Cardinal Richelieu, nor Quintilian.

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