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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
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In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
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There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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