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"What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations … is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being able to change things by one's own efforts." -
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Hannah Arendt
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Lies
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Persistence
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"Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless."
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"A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation."
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