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Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them!

— Julius Nyerere Attributed

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Quoted by Radhika Desai, Social Scientist. v 29, no. 336-337 (May-June 2001) p. 33. University of Chicago and by Jeff Sharlet

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The United States is also a one-party state, but with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.

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