Torture

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The sons of torture-victims make good terrorists.

Andre Malraux

Man's Fate

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Topic

Torture Terrorism Cycle of violence

Speaker

Suan

Author

Andre Malraux

Source

Man's Fate

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

2 of 5

In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.

Alberto Gonzales

On the war on terrorism.

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Topic

War on Terrorism Torture

Author

Alberto Gonzales

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Gonzales, Alberto R. Memorandum to George W. Bush. 25 Jan. 2002.

3 of 5

We have ways to make men talk.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

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Topic

Torture

Speaker

Mohammed Khan

Actor

Douglass Dumbrille

Source

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. Directed by Henry Hathaway, Paramount Pictures, 1935.

4 of 5

It's cool, that you're strong and I respect it, I do. In the end, everybody breaks, bro. It's biology.

Zero Dark Thirty

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Topic

Torture War on Terrorism

Speaker

Dan

Actor

Jason Clarke

Source

Zero Dark Thirty

Medium

Film

Genre

Thriller (film) Thriller

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Zero Dark Thirty. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Columbia Pictures/First Light Productions/Annapurna Pictures, 2012.

5 of 5

Where torture has been long applied we find that it is developed to grades of incredible horror.

William Graham Sumner

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Topic

Torture

Author

William Graham Sumner

Source

Folkways

Genre

Sociology Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 5.