The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.
Robert Conquest Quotes
Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.
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| Birth: | 15th July, 1917 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Historian, Poet, Researcher |
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Conquest was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, to an American of independent means and an English mother. His father served in an American Ambulance Service unit with the French Army in World War I, being awarded the Croix de Guerre, with Silver Star in 1916.
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