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"Democracy cannot survive where citizens do not participate in shaping their common future."

— Severino Ngoenha

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"Freedom is not merely independence; it is the responsibility to build a just society."

"Philosophy must engage the concrete realities of society if it is to remain meaningful."

"Justice is the foundation upon which genuine peace is built."

"Africa's future depends on transforming diversity into a source of strength rather than conflict."

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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