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Stupefied, we have rejected our own biological imperative, which defends life for life’s sake as a superior cause, and we have replaced it by functional consumerism and accumulation.

— José Mujica Civilization Against Freedom, 2013 Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 68th Session, in New York City (2013)

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The only thing I'm sure of is that the policy of combating drugs which has been enforced for decades is a crashing failure.

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Consider that human life is a miracle, that we are alive as a result of a miracle, and that nothing is more important than life.

Civilization Against Freedom, 2013 Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 68th Session, in New York City (2013)

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Civilization Against Freedom, 2013 Address to the United Nations General Assembly, 68th Session, in New York City (2013)

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