“The result of toppling tyranny in divided countries is usually civil war and ethnic cleansing.”

—  John Gray

"The death of this crackpot creed is nothing to mourn," http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/31/comment.politics1 The Guardian (2007-07-31)

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