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Compassion Quote by Kevin Rudd

“Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.” quote by Kevin Rudd — Download Open image

“Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours.”

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I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

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