History of Finland/17th Century %e2%80%93 The Swedish Empire

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    “The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!
    There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.”
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    “[A] Dada exhibition. Another one! What’s the matter with everyone wanting to make a museum piece out of Dada? Dada was a bomb ... can you imagine anyone, around half a century after a bomb explodes, wanting to collect the pieces, sticking it together and displaying it?”
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    “Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.”
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