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We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.

— José Martí Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)

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Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy.

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Once I reveled in a destiny
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