"Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime." To be pedantic, it was Lavrentiy Beria[1] who is credited with that statement[2]; So it was a WW2 Russian Sentim

"Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime." To be pedantic, it was Lavrentiy Beria[1] who is credited with that statement[2]; So it was a WW2 Russian Sentiment. Though Stalin-ism is also an example of a surveillance state government that was known for being unpleasant. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria [2] http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1137804 http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1137804