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It is possible to eliminate poverty from the planet. It is possible to create stability. It will be possible for future generations, if they begin to reason as a species and not just as individuals...

— 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.

That NATO advance makes no sense. It is going to lead us again to a division of the world.

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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