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I was awed at the power of an idea whose time has come. An idea is more powerful than all the nuclear weapons, bombers and tanks that a country has at its disposal. An idea that people are changing the world today, not the weapons.

— Hurley Goodall

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Stated in response to Nelson Mandela's speech to the United States Congress

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