““Are you trying to talk peace terms?”
“I’ve given that up,” said Makhno. “It doesn’t appear to work. You mention peace and everyone tries to shoot you or jail you.””

Book 2, Chapter 5 “A Question of Attitudes” (p. 368)
The Steel Tsar (1981)

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