“If my wife said, I’m not going to be a communist, I’d say, well, forget it, by God, I’ll forget you too.”

—  Jim Jones

" http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/Tapes/Tapes/TapeTranscripts/Q265.html" FBI No. Q265 (17 October 1978)

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