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> [It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/it-would-be-a-mind-boggling-endeavor-to-try-to-identify-each/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

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## More by Jose Ramos-Horta

> [More courage is required to forgive than is required to take up arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/more-courage-is-required-to-forgive-than-is-required-to-take-up-arms/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/the-government-can-access-these-funds-but-only-following-approval-by/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [Free education and health care are essential for the welfare of the population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/free-education-and-health-care-are-essential-for-the-welfare-of-the/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [We have already significant sums of money in our petroleum fund, a fund created by law that includes all the revenues received from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/we-have-already-significant-sums-of-money-in-our-petroleum-fund-a/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [I believe in being compassionate,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/i-believe-in-being-compassionate/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civilians, women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/land-mines-torture-equipment-cluster-bombs-chemical-weapons-are/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/the-east-timorese-government-does-not-believe-that-we-should-consider/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/we-do-not-have-a-budget-support-we-are-now-fully-independent-in-terms/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/the-second-one-the-joint-truth-and-friendship-commission-which-we/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [“Sometimes, a war saves people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/sometimes-a-war-saves-people/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/working-together-they-will-dig-out-the-truth-and-nothing-but-the/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/we-believe-that-human-rights-transcend-boundaries-and-must-prevail/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/it-would-be-a-mind-boggling-endeavor-to-try-to-identify-each/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/such-a-structure-would-also-raise-a-number-of-problems-first-of-all/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

> [The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ramos-horta/the-commission-has-five-commissioners-from-each-side-plus-three/)

[Jose Ramos-Horta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ramos-horta/)

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