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As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
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Act 5, sc. 3

 

Jean-Paul Sartre

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It is not national interests we are upholding — we claim that the interests of socialism, the interests of world socialism, rank higher than national interests, higher than the interests of the state. We are defenders of the socialist fatherland.

 

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The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

 

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