Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.
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Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Nicolas de Chamfort
Man's nature, originally good and common to all, should develop unhampered.
Georg Simmel
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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