"Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on trying."
"Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system."
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Source: Dora Russell (1975). “The Tamarisk Tree: My quest for liberty and love”
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