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The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past. ↗

— Jean Henri Fabre

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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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This is nourishing, redemptive; we become less alone inside. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

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Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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