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"We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves."
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"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."

"Now I don't know half of the young people in the industry. It's too spread out, too diffuse."

"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
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"I have been free for more than a month. Some people may think that that is long enough. Others may think that that is not quite long enough."

"When we think of the state of the economy, we are not thinking in terms of money flow. We are thinking in terms of the effect on everyday lives of people."

"We are not out to boast that there is so much percentage of growth per year. Our real concern is how it affects the lives of people, the future of our country."

"I saw many aspects of the country which I needed to see in order that I might know what we need to do."

"Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves."

"There is so much that we need to do for our country. I don't think that we can afford to wait."

"Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation."

"Confidence-building is not something that can go on forever. If it goes on forever then it becomes counterproductive."
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