Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the … - Ken Loach

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The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.

Ken Loach

Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b) what kind of society do you build? There are usually the bourgeois nationalists who say, 'Let's just change the flag and keep everything as it was. ' Then there are the revolutionaries who say, 'Let's change the property laws. ' It's always a critical moment.

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