This day marks once and for all times the end of our long suffering and today, too, we affirm our sovereignty as a people.
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If we continue to roam, with no strength to enforce the law right at the beginning of our independence, by the time corruption develops deep roots it will be most difficult to combat it,
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This is the first meeting and we have committed to peace.
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I am always optimistic about independence in East Timor.
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I already told them, if you suffered, if you could forget yourself, your family, everything for 24 years, please don't give up, and wait. Your obligation now is to wait, more than our people, to be more patient.
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