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“A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.” quote by F. Sionil Jose — Download Open image

“A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.”

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