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Quotes from Speech at the Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of Lithuanian Independence — Valdas Adamkus

born 1926 Lithuania

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After World War II, Lithuanian partisans testified through their tragic fate that the Stalinist Soviet Union did not destroy the dignity and idealism of Lithuania.

Speech at the Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of Lithuanian Independence (2008)

Lithuania must prepare to live in the world of the future where we will establish ourselves through innovation, creation and higher ideals. The vision of Lithuania should not be associated with our presence in the battlefields of either the East or the West, but rather with the building of a state in which we can learn and develop.

Speech at the Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of Lithuanian Independence (2008)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Valdas Adamkus (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.