“If the aggressors invade us
We’ll annihilate them courageously
With the Marshal’s orders in our hearts
We’ll take up arms to smash the enemy
No matter how precious peace is
We will never beg for it
Peace is on our bayonet
Peace is on our bayonet…”
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“The government has never accepted responsibility for the massacre or held any officials legally accountable for the killings. It has been unwilling to investigate the events or release data on those who were killed, injured, forcibly disappeared, or imprisoned.
– Human Rights Watch
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“We are dealing with a rightist, reactionary, anti-constitutional coup.”
– Boris Yeltsin
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“One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu’s December 21st speech (or lack thereof). This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. Workers, military units and other popular organizations were bused to the capital and given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing…
this year the tide turned.” – World History Commons
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