It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is l…

Jose Rizal
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It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice. ✨ An Asia of Tolerance and Humility That Learns from Each Other. Dinner Speech by Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, on the Occasion of the Nineteenth International Conference on The Future of Asia, japan.kantei.go.jp. May 23, 2013.
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