The sons of torture-victims make good terrorists.

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The sons of torture-victims make good terrorists.

In the original French

On fait de bons terroristes ave les files des supplicies.

Andre Malraux

Man's Fate · 1933

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Torture Terrorism Cycle of violence

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Novel

Time

1933

Person

Andre Malraux

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Malraux, Andre. Man's Fate. Penguin Books, 2009, pt. 4.

Original citation

Malraux, Andre. La Condition humaine [The Human Condition]. Librairie Gallimard, 1933, pt. 4.

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