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“Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.”

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Abdoulaye Wade, former President of Senegal, was born on May 29, 1926. He has extensive experience in politics, diplomacy, and economic development, leading Senegal for 20 years as its president. more

“There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... One person of integrity, can make a difference, a difference of life and death. As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true. As long as one child is hungry, our lives will be filled with anguish and shame. What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedom depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs.”

“I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.”

I Can Might Can Do Ability Self Knowledge

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Fighting Heaven Freedom

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“There is no freedom without justice.”

Justice Freedom

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“Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.”

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“Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.”

Way Love Hate Freedom Loss Liberty Opening Those We Love

Book:One World

Source: One World

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Ifs Believe Motivational Freedom Democracy Hats Participation

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Source: Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial

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Way Two Motivational Freedom Democracy Streets One Way Dictatorship Traffic Boast Two Ways Democracies Have

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“The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.”

People Lying Freedom Democracy Expressive

Author:Alexander Herzen

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.”

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Author:Alexander Fraser Tytler

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