"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation."

Absence, Democracy, Nation

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"It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation."

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"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

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"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

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"I dote on his very absence."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

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"In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country."

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"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

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"I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal."

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"Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made."

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