"My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments."

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"My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments."

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"The violence had broken out in both sides, but our philosophy as a party was very, very clear."

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"I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people."

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