The mistake the world is making with the simple peoples is to try and hurry them into political … - Ramon Magsaysay

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Japan, Europe, [and] America probably [are] better than last year [2015], not China.

Ramon Magsaysay

The mistake the world is making with the simple peoples is to try and hurry them into political concepts they don't understand and aren't prepared to cope with. I know. I am a peasant myself. . . . I say, Spit on the big, fancy schemes. I want all the little things first. Then perhaps we can get on to the bigger things.

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