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Quote by Ching Cheong
At the beginning of the 1980s, even a picture of an ordinary alleyway could qualify as classified information.
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The quote describes a time when even a completely ordinary alleyway could be treated as secret information. “Classified information” means access was restricted, so the subject of a picture—not just military plans or official documents—could determine whether people were allowed to see it. The contrast makes the secrecy seem unusually broad.
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“닭의 목을 비틀어도 새벽은 오고야 만다.”
“Yo controlo 11 presidentes y 11 Congresos, cuando ellos se van, yo sigo aquí.”
“They think entirely in terms of power. There's nothing else but power and control in their system.”
“I believed that a coalition government would help Taiwan move from an authoritarian regime to a full-fledged democracy.”
“Have not the Pentagon papers proved that even Presidents of America were misled?”
“The Government may imprison me, it can fling hundreds and thousands into jail and concentration camps, but it cannot and it will not suppress the demand for freedom.”
“Cada momento en que nosotros hacemos periodismo de forma independiente estamos fortaleciendo el campo de la libertad y estamos debilitando el poder de la dictadura.”
Read quote“Think big, move quiet. Always have done.”
“The most important thing journalism can do in a dictatorship is to tell the truth.”
“A titok az, hogy én nem lopok.”
Canvas Between Stops
Amel’s first shade canopy lasted eleven seconds. The second began with questions.
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