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Lasting peace is sought, it is essential to adopt international measures to improve the lot of the masses. The welfare of the entire human race must replace hunger and oppression. People of the world must be taught to give up envy, avarice and rancour.

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk I. Milletlerarası Gençlik Kongresi [First International Youth Congress (1988)

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