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" Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? "

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" People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society. "

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