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iamkurru t1_iyc2e0b wrote

Reply to comment by Gemini-Engine in Antiwar Activists Who Flee Russia Find Detention, Not Freedom, in the U.S. by ThisIsNotCorn

>Trust, but verify

According to wikipedia its a Russian proverb, used by Ronald Reagan during the nuclear disarmament

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Nwccntwhds t1_iycbcxj wrote

Also "trust" is a bit of a too strong of a word, a closer meaning would be something like "be confident in, but check anyway".

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