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elfsApparently Bush's speechwriter chose to include the sentence "By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well; a fire in the minds of men," into his speech when Bush was prattling on and on about his idea of liberty.
The sentence comes from a novel by Dostoevsky, The Devils. The speech is given by a member of a titular group of terrorists who, by the end of the book, fail to end the despotic regime under which they live.
Did Ms. Rice just wince?
The sentence comes from a novel by Dostoevsky, The Devils. The speech is given by a member of a titular group of terrorists who, by the end of the book, fail to end the despotic regime under which they live.
Did Ms. Rice just wince?
