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necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." ~ Opening statement of <i>The Declaration of Independence</i> of The United States of America, composed primarily by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> (Third of three from <i>The Declaration of Independence</i> or drafts of it, that were quoted July 4,5, & 6 of 2004) <ul><li>selected by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2005</dt> <dd>I have not yet begun to fight! ~ <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a> (born 6 July 1747) <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2006</dt> <dd>They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn't. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality. ~ <a href="/wiki/Frida_Kahlo" title="Frida Kahlo">Frida Kahlo</a> (born 6 July 1907) <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:InvisibleSun" title="User:InvisibleSun">InvisibleSun</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2007</dt> <dd>Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. ~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> (born 6 July 1935) <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2008</dt> <dd>I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. ~ <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a> <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2009</dt> <dd>Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace. ~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> (date of birth) <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Aphaia" title="User:Aphaia">Aphaia</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2010</dt> <dd>I believe that at every level of society — familial, tribal, national and international — the key to a happier and more successful world is the growth of compassion. We do not need to become religious, nor do we need to believe in an ideology. All that is necessary is for each of us to develop our good human qualities. ~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2011</dt> <dd>We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it then no politician or even a magician can save the planet. ~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> <ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2012</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Our gains are not measured in the <a href="/wiki/Loss" title="Loss">losses</a> of others. They are counted in the conflicts we avert, the <a href="/wiki/Prosperity" title="Prosperity">prosperity</a> we share and the <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a> we extend. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2013</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>I <a href="/wiki/Feel" class="mw-redirect" title="Feel">feel</a> that the <a href="/wiki/Essence" title="Essence">essence of</a> <a href="/wiki/Spiritual" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual">spiritual</a> <a href="/wiki/Practice" class="mw-redirect" title="Practice">practice</a> is your attitude toward others. When you have a <a href="/wiki/Pure" class="mw-redirect" title="Pure">pure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sincere" class="mw-redirect" title="Sincere">sincere</a> <a href="/wiki/Motivation" title="Motivation">motivation</a>, then you have right attitude toward others based on <a href="/wiki/Kindness" title="Kindness">kindness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Compassion" title="Compassion">compassion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Respect" title="Respect">respect</a>. Practice brings the clear realisation of the oneness of all <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> beings and the <a href="/wiki/Significance" title="Significance">importance</a> of others benefiting by your <a href="/wiki/Actions" class="mw-redirect" title="Actions">actions</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2014</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>If you want others to be <a href="/wiki/Happy" class="mw-redirect" title="Happy">happy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Practice" class="mw-redirect" title="Practice">practice</a> <a href="/wiki/Compassion" title="Compassion">compassion</a>. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2015</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>With the ever-growing impact of <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> on our <a href="/wiki/Lives" class="mw-redirect" title="Lives">lives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spirituality" title="Spirituality">spirituality</a> have a <a href="/wiki/Greater" class="mw-redirect" title="Greater">greater</a> role to play by reminding us of our <a href="/wiki/Humanity" title="Humanity">humanity</a>. There is no contradiction between the two. Each gives us valuable insights into the other. Both science and the <a href="/wiki/Teachings" class="mw-redirect" title="Teachings">teachings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a> tell us of the fundamental <a href="/wiki/Unity" title="Unity">unity</a> of <a href="/wiki/All" class="mw-redirect" title="All">all</a> things. This <a href="/wiki/Understanding" title="Understanding">understanding</a> is crucial if we are to take positive and decisive <a href="/wiki/Action" title="Action">action</a> on the pressing global concern with the <a href="/wiki/Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Environment">environment</a>. I <a href="/wiki/Believe" class="mw-redirect" title="Believe">believe</a> all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human <a href="/wiki/Goodness" title="Goodness">goodness</a> and bringing <a href="/wiki/Happiness" title="Happiness">happiness</a> to all human beings. Though the means might appear different the <a href="/wiki/Ends" class="mw-disambig" title="Ends">ends</a> are the same. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2016</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>I <a href="/wiki/Believe" class="mw-redirect" title="Believe">believe</a> all <a href="/wiki/Suffering" title="Suffering">suffering</a> is <a href="/wiki/Caused" class="mw-redirect" title="Caused">caused</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ignorance" title="Ignorance">ignorance</a>. <a href="/wiki/People" class="mw-redirect" title="People">People</a> inflict <a href="/wiki/Pain" title="Pain">pain</a> on others in the <a href="/wiki/Selfish" class="mw-redirect" title="Selfish">selfish</a> pursuit of their <a href="/wiki/Happiness" title="Happiness">happiness</a> or <a href="/wiki/Satisfaction" title="Satisfaction">satisfaction</a>. Yet <a href="/wiki/True" class="mw-redirect" title="True">true</a> happiness comes from a <a href="/wiki/Sense" class="mw-redirect" title="Sense">sense</a> of inner <a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">peace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Contentment" title="Contentment">contentment</a>, which in turn must be <a href="/wiki/Achieved" class="mw-redirect" title="Achieved">achieved</a> through the cultivation of <a href="/wiki/Altruism" title="Altruism">altruism</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a> and <a href="/wiki/Compassion" title="Compassion">compassion</a> and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and <a href="/wiki/Greed" title="Greed">greed</a>. <br /> The <a href="/wiki/Problems" class="mw-redirect" title="Problems">problems</a> we face today, <a href="/wiki/Violent" class="mw-redirect" title="Violent">violent</a> <a href="/wiki/Conflicts" class="mw-redirect" title="Conflicts">conflicts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Destruction" title="Destruction">destruction</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nature" title="Nature">nature</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poverty" title="Poverty">poverty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunger" title="Hunger">hunger</a>, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> <a href="/wiki/Effort" title="Effort">effort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Understanding" title="Understanding">understanding</a> and the development of a sense of <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood" title="Brotherhood">brotherhood and sisterhood</a>. We need to cultivate a <a href="/wiki/Universal" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal">universal</a> <a href="/wiki/Responsibility" title="Responsibility">responsibility</a> for one another and the <a href="/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planet</a> we share. <br /> Although I have found my own <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a> <a href="/wiki/Helpful" class="mw-redirect" title="Helpful">helpful</a> in generating love and compassion, even for those we consider our <a href="/wiki/Enemies" title="Enemies">enemies</a>, I am <a href="/wiki/Convinced" class="mw-redirect" title="Convinced">convinced</a> that everyone can develop a <a href="/wiki/Good" class="mw-redirect" title="Good">good</a> <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2017</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Many of the issues that still <a href="/wiki/Trouble" title="Trouble">trouble</a> <a href="/wiki/America" class="mw-redirect" title="America">America</a> have roots in the bitter <a href="/wiki/Experience" title="Experience">experience</a> of other <a href="/wiki/Times" title="Times">times</a>. But however long the journey, our <a href="/wiki/Destiny" title="Destiny">destination is set</a>: <a href="/wiki/Liberty" title="Liberty">liberty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">justice</a> for <a href="/wiki/All" class="mw-redirect" title="All">all</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Illegitimate_Barrister" title="User:Illegitimate Barrister">Illegitimate Barrister</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2018</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Our <a href="/wiki/Identity" title="Identity">identity</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nation">nation</a> — unlike many other nations — is not determined by <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geography</a> or ethnicity, by soil or blood. Being an <a href="/wiki/American" class="mw-redirect" title="American">American</a> involves the embrace of high <a href="/wiki/Ideals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ideals">ideals</a> and civic <a href="/wiki/Responsibility" title="Responsibility">responsibility</a>. We become the heirs of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> by <a href="/wiki/Accepting" class="mw-redirect" title="Accepting">accepting</a> the ideal of <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> <a href="/wiki/Dignity" title="Dignity">dignity</a> found in the <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>. We become the heirs of <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> by <a href="/wiki/Understanding" title="Understanding">understanding</a> the <a href="/wiki/Genius" title="Genius">genius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Values" class="mw-redirect" title="Values">values</a> of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a>. We become the heirs of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Luther King, Jr.">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a>, by recognizing one another not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their <a href="/wiki/Character" title="Character">character</a>. This means that <a href="/wiki/People" class="mw-redirect" title="People">people</a> of every <a href="/wiki/Race" class="mw-disambig" title="Race">race</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, and ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that <a href="/wiki/Bigotry" title="Bigotry">bigotry</a> or white supremacy in any form is <a href="/wiki/Blasphemy" title="Blasphemy">blasphemy</a> against the American <a href="/wiki/Creed" title="Creed">creed</a>. And it means that the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation. ... It is the <a href="/wiki/Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Great">great</a> <a href="/wiki/Advantage" title="Advantage">advantage</a> of <a href="/wiki/Free" class="mw-redirect" title="Free">free</a> <a href="/wiki/Societies" class="mw-redirect" title="Societies">societies</a> that we creatively <a href="/wiki/Adapt" class="mw-redirect" title="Adapt">adapt</a> to <a href="/wiki/Challenges" class="mw-redirect" title="Challenges">challenges</a>, without the direction of some central <a href="/wiki/Authority" title="Authority">authority</a>. <a href="/wiki/Self" title="Self">Self</a>-correction is the secret <a href="/wiki/Strength" title="Strength">strength</a> of freedom. We are a nation with a history of resilience and a genius for renewal. Right now, one of our worst national problems is a deficit of <a href="/wiki/Confidence" title="Confidence">confidence</a>. But the cause of freedom justifies all our <a href="/wiki/Faith" title="Faith">faith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Effort" title="Effort">effort</a>. It still <a href="/wiki/Inspires" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspires">inspires</a> men and women in the darkest corners of the <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a>, and it will inspire a rising generation. The American spirit does not say, “We shall manage,” or “We shall make the best of it.” It says, “We shall overcome.” And that is exactly what we will do, with the help of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> and one another. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2019</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Down through the years, <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African Americans</a> have upheld the <a href="/wiki/Ideals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ideals">ideals</a> of <a href="/wiki/America" class="mw-redirect" title="America">America</a> by exposing <a href="/wiki/Laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Laws">laws</a> and <a href="/wiki/Habits" class="mw-redirect" title="Habits">habits</a> contradicting those ideals. … At every turn, the <a href="/wiki/Struggle" class="mw-redirect" title="Struggle">struggle</a> for <a href="/wiki/Equality" title="Equality">equality</a> was resisted by many of the powerful. And some have said we should not judge their <a href="/wiki/Failures" class="mw-redirect" title="Failures">failures</a> by the standards of a later time, yet in every time there were <a href="/wiki/Men" class="mw-redirect" title="Men">men</a> and <a href="/wiki/Women" title="Women">women</a> who clearly saw this <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a> and called it by <a href="/wiki/Name" class="mw-redirect" title="Name">name</a>. We can fairly judge the past by the standards of President <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>, who called <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a> "an <a href="/wiki/Evil" title="Evil">evil</a> of colossal magnitude". We can discern <a href="/wiki/Eternal" class="mw-redirect" title="Eternal">eternal</a> standards in the <a href="/wiki/Deeds" title="Deeds">deeds</a> of <a href="/wiki/William_Wilberforce" title="William Wilberforce">William Wilberforce</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe" title="Harriet Beecher Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. These men and women, black and white, burned with a zeal for <a href="/wiki/Freedom" title="Freedom">freedom</a> and they left behind a different and better <a href="/wiki/Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nation">nation</a>. Their <a href="/wiki/Moral" class="mw-redirect" title="Moral">moral</a> vision caused Americans to examine our <a href="/wiki/Hearts" class="mw-redirect" title="Hearts">hearts</a>, to correct <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" title="United States Constitution">our Constitution</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Teach" class="mw-redirect" title="Teach">teach</a> our <a href="/wiki/Children" title="Children">children</a> the <a href="/wiki/Dignity" title="Dignity">dignity</a> and equality of every person of every <a href="/wiki/Race" class="mw-disambig" title="Race">race</a>. … My Nation's journey toward <a href="/wiki/Justice" title="Justice">justice</a> has not been easy, and it is not over. The racial <a href="/wiki/Bigotry" title="Bigotry">bigotry</a> fed by slavery did not end with slavery or with <a href="/wiki/Segregation" class="mw-redirect" title="Segregation">segregation</a>. And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter experience of other times. But however long the journey, our destination is set: <a href="/wiki/Liberty" title="Liberty">liberty</a> and justice for <a href="/wiki/All" class="mw-redirect" title="All">all</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Illegitimate_Barrister" title="User:Illegitimate Barrister">Illegitimate Barrister</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2020</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>It is very <a href="/wiki/Important" class="mw-redirect" title="Important">important</a> to generate a <a href="/wiki/Good" class="mw-redirect" title="Good">good</a> <a href="/wiki/Attitude" title="Attitude">attitude</a>, a good <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>, as much as possible. From this, <a href="/wiki/Happiness" title="Happiness">happiness</a> in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2021</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>I am <a href="/wiki/Optimistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Optimistic">optimistic</a> that the ancient <a href="/wiki/Values" class="mw-redirect" title="Values">values</a> that have sustained <a href="/wiki/Mankind" class="mw-redirect" title="Mankind">mankind</a> are today reaffirming themselves to prepare us for a <a href="/wiki/Kinder" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinder">kinder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Happier" class="mw-redirect" title="Happier">happier</a> twenty-first century. <br /> I <a href="/wiki/Pray" class="mw-redirect" title="Pray">pray</a> for <a href="/wiki/All" class="mw-redirect" title="All">all</a> of us, <a href="/wiki/Oppressor" class="mw-redirect" title="Oppressor">oppressor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Friend" class="mw-redirect" title="Friend">friend</a>, that together we <a href="/wiki/Succeed" class="mw-redirect" title="Succeed">succeed</a> in building a better <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a> through <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> <a href="/wiki/Understanding" title="Understanding">understanding</a> and <a href="/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a>, and that in doing so we may reduce the <a href="/wiki/Pain" title="Pain">pain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suffering" title="Suffering">suffering</a> of all <a href="/wiki/Sentient_beings_(Buddhism)" title="Sentient beings (Buddhism)">sentient beings</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2022</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>As to <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">war</a>, I am and always was a great <a href="/wiki/Enemy" class="mw-redirect" title="Enemy">enemy</a>, at the same time a <a href="/wiki/Warrior" title="Warrior">warrior</a> the greater part of my <a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">life</a>, and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">this country</a> should be invaded and I lived — a <a href="/wiki/Defensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Defensive">Defensive</a> war I think a <a href="/wiki/Righteous" class="mw-redirect" title="Righteous">righteous</a> war to Defend my life & <a href="/wiki/Property" title="Property">property</a> & that of my <a href="/wiki/Family" title="Family">family</a>, in my own opinion, is right & justifiable in the sight of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>.<br /> An <a href="/wiki/Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Offensive">offensive</a> war, I believe to be <a href="/wiki/Wrong" class="mw-redirect" title="Wrong">wrong</a> and would therefore have <a href="/wiki/Nothing" class="mw-redirect" title="Nothing">nothing</a> to do with it, having no right to meddle with another man's property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything that is his. Neither does he have a right to meddle with anything that is mine, if he does I have a right to defend it by force. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Morgan" title="Daniel Morgan">Daniel Morgan</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2023</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Within the <a href="/wiki/Body" title="Body">body</a> there are billions of different particles. Similarly, there are many different <a href="/wiki/Thoughts" class="mw-redirect" title="Thoughts">thoughts</a> and a variety of states of <a href="/wiki/Mind" title="Mind">mind</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Wise" class="mw-redirect" title="Wise">wise</a> to take a close look into the <a href="/wiki/World" title="World">world</a> of your mind and to make the distinction between beneficial and <a href="/wiki/Harmful" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmful">harmful</a> states of mind. Once you can <a href="/wiki/Recognize" class="mw-redirect" title="Recognize">recognize</a> the <a href="/wiki/Value" class="mw-redirect" title="Value">value</a> of <a href="/wiki/Good" class="mw-redirect" title="Good">good</a> states of mind, you can increase or foster them. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2024</dt></dl> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Our country</a> has <a href="/wiki/Voted" class="mw-redirect" title="Voted">voted</a> decisively for <a href="/wiki/Change" title="Change">change</a>, for national renewal and a return of <a href="/wiki/Politics" title="Politics">politics</a> to <a href="/wiki/Public_service" title="Public service">public service</a> … we can make a start today with the simple acknowledgement that public service is a <a href="/wiki/Privilege" title="Privilege">privilege</a> and that your <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a> should treat every single person in this country with <a href="/wiki/Respect" title="Respect">respect</a>. If you voted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" class="extiw" title="w:Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> yesterday, we will carry the <a href="/wiki/Responsibility" title="Responsibility">responsibility</a> of your <a href="/wiki/Trust" title="Trust">trust</a> as we rebuild our country. <br /> But whether you voted Labour or not — in fact, especially if you did not — I say to you directly, my government will serve you. Politics can be a force for <a href="/wiki/Good" class="mw-redirect" title="Good">good</a>. We will show that. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><ul><li>proposed by <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2025</dt> <dd><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rank or add further suggestions…</a></i></dd></dl> <hr /> <p>Ranking system: </p> <dl><dd>4 : <b>Excellent</b> - should definitely be used.</dd> <dd>3 : <b>Very Good</b> - strong desire to see it used.</dd> <dd>2 : <b>Good</b> - some desire to see it used.</dd> <dd>1 : <b>Acceptable</b> - but with no particular desire to see it used.</dd> <dd>0 : <b>Not acceptable</b> - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.</dd></dl> <hr /> <hr /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suggestions">Suggestions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=July_6&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Suggestions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about. ~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, born that day. </p> <ul><li>3 ~ <a href="/wiki/User:MosheZadka" title="User:MosheZadka">MosheZadka</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:MosheZadka" title="User talk:MosheZadka">(Talk)</a> 08:32, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)</li> <li>1 ~ Too many topics around America. A bit bored. <small>—The preceding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages">unsigned</a> comment was added by <a href="/wiki/User:Aphaia" title="User:Aphaia">Aphaia</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Aphaia" title="User talk:Aphaia">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Aphaia" title="Special:Contributions/Aphaia">contribs</a>) 02:09, 5 July 2005 (UTC)</small></li> <li>0. <a href="/wiki/User:Jeffq" title="User:Jeffq">Jeff Q</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jeffq" title="User talk:Jeffq">(talk)</a> 16:59, 4 July 2006 (UTC) Concur with Aphaia.</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> 19:27, 9 July 2007 (UTC) Would prefer something more remarkable by Bush, if he were to be quoted on his birthday.</li> <li>0 Strongly concur with Aphaia and Jeffq. <a href="/wiki/User:Zarbon" title="User:Zarbon">Zarbon</a> 05:03, 24 April 2008 (UTC)</li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/User:InvisibleSun" title="User:InvisibleSun">InvisibleSun</a> 00:01, 6 July 2008 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <p>I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike! ~ <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a> </p> <ul><li>3 <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">talk</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kalki" title="Special:Contributions/Kalki">contributions</a>) 02:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <p>Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding. ~ <a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a> </p> <ul><li>3 <a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">talk</a> · <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Kalki" title="Special:Contributions/Kalki">contributions</a>) 02:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <p>I know some in Washington would like us to start leaving Iraq now. To begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we are ready would be dangerous for Iraq, for the region, and for the United States. It would mean surrendering the future of Iraq to al Qaeda. It would mean that we'd be risking mass killings on a horrific scale. It would mean we'd allow the terrorists to establish a safe haven in Iraq to replace the one they lost in Afghanistan. It would mean increasing the probability that American troops would have to return at some later date to confront an enemy that is even more dangerous. ~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </p> <ul><li>2,5 because it came true. <a href="/wiki/User:DanielTom" title="User:DanielTom">DanielTom</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DanielTom" title="User talk:DanielTom">talk</a>) 10:52, 4 March 2015 (UTC) #ThanksObama</li> <li>2 <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC), The statement is certainly valid, and yet the ironical hypocrisies and stupidities innate in the general context of it being made are not easily apparent without very extensive commentary. The greatest enemy of all humanity is human stupidity which persists in <a href="/wiki/Absolutist" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolutist">absolutist</a> forms of <a href="/wiki/Error" title="Error">error</a>. Some of the worst, most pervasive and pernicious forms of human stupidity are those forms of entrenched bigotry born of ignorance and confusion by which one person or group of persons declares other persons or groups of persons absolutely good or absolutely bad, and absolutist wars of absolutist enmities are so "justified" and so <i>initiated</i> and so fought, by many diverse parties thinking of themselves as absolutely good or entirely right, and others as absolutely bad and entirely wrong — and deserving of only contempt, and worthy only to be mercilessly punished or even exterminated — throughout the ages of human histories. Some people have enough wisdom, even in infancy to reject such pervasive forms of stupidity, and yet know that contending ably against the many forms of it which exists in others can be very dangerous and exhausting, and must be done wisely and with great grace. The wise seek to assert the ways of greatest grace and wise virtues, and know that this path is not always easy or simple or easily explained. <small><i><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">So</a> <a href="/wiki/Necessity" title="Necessity">it</a> <a href="/wiki/Kenosis" title="Kenosis">goes</a></i><a href="/wiki/Eternity" title="Eternity">…</a></small><big> <a href="/wiki/Monism" title="Monism">⨀</a><a href="/wiki/Awareness" title="Awareness">∴</a><a href="/wiki/Life" title="Life">☥</a><a href="/wiki/Peace" title="Peace">☮</a><a href="/wiki/Love" title="Love">♥</a><a href="/wiki/Understanding" title="Understanding">∵</a><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">ॐ</a> <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">…</a></big> ~ <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC) + tweak <dl><dd><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man" class="extiw" title="w:Straw man">Straw man</a>. ~ <a href="/wiki/User:DanielTom" title="User:DanielTom">DanielTom</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DanielTom" title="User talk:DanielTom">talk</a>) 12:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)</dd></dl></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Certainly you seem to be setting up a straw man argument in apparently implying that I do. I simply state a few of my reasons for not ranking this very highly at this time, preferring quotes of the sage <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> and the able warrior <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Morgan" title="Daniel Morgan">Daniel Morgan</a> to this person, who initiated a profoundly stupid act of aggression against a profoundly corrupt nation-state in profoundly corrupt and corruptive ways. That he afterward then makes the valid argument that one cannot easily withdraw from the mess created by mutually supportive forms of corruption and stupidity, without creating in many ways a fouler mess, shows he was cognizant of greater need of caution and reserve than he had when he initiated much of the most deadly and dangerous aspects of the mess. The seeds of ISIS/ISIL were sown by the destruction of the infrastructure if Iraq in the war of stupidities with stupidity which was stupidly initiated by this person against a nation on rather false and flimsy suppositions that it would be good for America and good for the world. <b>I have no hatred of him as a human being, despite some of his more unfortunate stupidities, and yet I considered and still consider the invasion he initiated, on the whole, to have been a profoundly stupid, wasteful, act which endangered the world as a whole far more than it directly alleviated some of the problems caused by a brutally petty-minded and profoundly stupid and pernicious dictator.</b> ~ <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 12:25, 5 July 2015 (UTC) + tweaks</dd></dl></dd></dl> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness … the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <span style="border-radius:99em;color:white;background:silver">♞<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Kalkiswords" title="User:Kalki/Kalkiswords">☤</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Magic" title="User:Kalki/Magic">☮</a>♌︎<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki" title="User:Kalki">Kalki</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Kalki" title="User talk:Kalki">⚚</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/index" title="User:Kalki/index">⚓︎</a>⊙<a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Chronology" title="User:Kalki/Chronology">☳</a><a href="/wiki/User:Kalki/Vox_Box" title="User:Kalki/Vox Box">☶</a>⚡</span> 11:44, 5 July 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Freedom is not the possession of one race. We know with equal certainty that freedom is not the possession of one nation. This belief in the natural rights of man, this conviction that justice should reach wherever the sun passes, leads America into the world. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3.25. – <font face="Georgia"><i><b><a href="/wiki/User:Illegitimate_Barrister" title="User:Illegitimate Barrister">Illegitimate Barrister</a></b></i></font>, 13:47, 22 September 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Maintain our moral clarity. I have often spoken to you about good and evil. This has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3. – <font face="Georgia"><i><b><a href="/wiki/User:Illegitimate_Barrister" title="User:Illegitimate Barrister">Illegitimate Barrister</a></b></i></font>, 14:07, 22 September 2015 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>To those of you who are graduating this afternoon with high honors, awards, and distinctions, I say, 'well done'. And as I like to tell the 'C' students: You, too, can be President. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <a href="/wiki/User:DanielTom" title="User:DanielTom">DanielTom</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DanielTom" title="User talk:DanielTom">talk</a>) 22:41, 12 July 2016 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <table style="text-align:center; width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td>Human beings have the power to continue to oppress other species forever, or until we make this planet unsuitable for living beings. Will our tyranny continue, proving that morality counts for nothing when it clashes with selfinterest, as the most cynical of poets and philosophers have always said? Or will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not because we are forced to do so by rebels or terrorists, but because we recognize that our position is morally indefensible? The way in which we answer this question depends on the way in which each one of us, individually, answers it. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size:smaller;">~ <a href="/wiki/Peter_Singer" title="Peter Singer">Peter Singer</a> ~ </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>3 <a href="/wiki/User:DanielTom" title="User:DanielTom">DanielTom</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:DanielTom" title="User talk:DanielTom">talk</a>) 14:30, 10 July 2017 (UTC)</li></ul> <hr /> <p><br /> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=July_6&oldid=3542550">https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=July_6&oldid=3542550</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Days" title="Category:Days">Days</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 5 July 2024, at 23:45.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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