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"It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail."
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"When in darkness....strike a match."

"Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon."

"Even though this generation still believes in the miracle working power of God, they must no longer wait for God to bring water from the rocks, but rather construct dams, develop water systems, subdue the power of the ocean and thereby give glory to God almighty."

"When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room."
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"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now."

"The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen."

"I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction."

"Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go."

"Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented."

"As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world."

"What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves."

"Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out."
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