Prof. Khatchatur I. Pilikian
Again and Again Turkey: Freedom of Expression Under Attacks Solidarity Meeting for Imprisoned Journalists, Human Rights Activists
Academics, Publishers, Elected Kurdish Politicians
3rd February 2012
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Organised by Kurdish Society at SOAS
Kurdish Studies and Student Organisation (KSSO)
Give me an adequate army, with power to provide it with more pay and better food than falls to the lot of average man, and I will undertake within thirty years, to make the majority of the population believe that two and two are three, that water freezes when it gets hot and boils when it gets cold, or any other nonsense that might seem to serve the interest of the state. Of course, even when these beliefs have been generated, people would not put the kettle in the refrigerator when they wanted it to boil […] No person who did not enthusiastically accept the official doctrine would be allowed to teach or to have any position of power. Only the highest officials, in their cups would whisper to each other what rubbish it all is; then they would laugh and drink again. (Unpopular Essays, 1950),
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