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"Politics without morality is close to sin."
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Hamid KarzaiWe must not turn away when we hear the cries of the hungry. We must no — Hamid Karzai
"We must not turn away when we hear the cries of the hungry. We must not stand by when we see the killing and terrorizing of the innocent. We should not wait until hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of our fellow human beings have died as occurred in Afghanistan, before we act."
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Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai
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Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who served as the seventh president of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2014, including as the first president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 2014. He also served as chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration from 2001 to 2002.
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"My problem is that I am perhaps too much of a democrat for this time of the countrys life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those."
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"On my graduation there was a party by the junior students, and I was given a hair brush as a gift — if I take off my hat, you know what I mean.(laughter)"
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"On the security front the entire Nato exercise was one that caused Afghanistan a lot of suffering, a lot of loss of life, and no gains because the country is not secure."
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"When you see on the news or read in the newspaper that so many people were killed in places far away, do not let these numbers become mere abstractions to you. These are real people, like you and I. They are families, friends; they have pain, they have grief."
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"Every time we ignore the suffering of others or stand by and watch, we do not only act against our own interests but we violate a part of our humanity."
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