Nur Muhammad Taraki quotes
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“We want to create a society in which our workers and farmers can afford to appear in handsome attire and enjoy a good life and health; we want this kind of society.”
-- Nur Muhammad TarakiSource : "Taraki: 'A New World, A New Man, And A New Society'". Executive Intelligence Review Vol. 5, No. 30, www.larouchepub.com. September 12, 1978.
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“When our party took over political power, the exploiting classes and reactionary forces went into action. The only rusty and antiquated tool that they use against us is preaching in the name of faith and religion against the progressive movement of our homeland... They ought to be uprooted as a cancerous tumor is from the body of a patient in a surgical operation.”
-- Nur Muhammad TarakiSource : "Taraki: 'A New World, A New Man, And A New Society'". Executive Intelligence Review Vol. 5, No. 30, www.larouchepub.com. September 12, 1978.
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“I am proud that for the first time in the history of Afghanistan, I am raising the flag of such a people, who are producing all material and immaterial equipment necessary for the life in this country and who make all efforts for prosperity and serendipity of the society. This glorious and magnificent red flag is the symbol of the greatness and pride of these people.”
-- Nur Muhammad TarakiSource : Speech during the presentation of the new national symbols, October 19, 1978.
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“Now we are proud that the government has moved from the class of the exploiters to the class of the people who were being exploited. And in the great name of the same class, I raise this nation's flag which is a strong symbol of this transfer.”
-- Nur Muhammad TarakiSource : Speech during the presentation of the new national symbols, October 19, 1978.
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“I noticed long ago that Amin has the tendency to concentrate power in his own hands but I did not attach any particular significance to this. However, recently this tendency has become dangerous.”
-- Nur Muhammad TarakiSource : "Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89" by Rodric Braithwaite, (p. 65), 2010.
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“Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.”
Source : "Working class heroes" by Shirley Dent, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2008.
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Source : "Our Generation Against Nuclear War". Book by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos, 1983.
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“People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.”
Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “This Book Will Save Your Life”, p.29, Granta Books
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“I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.”
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“Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion”
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“What is written beneath this heavy handsome book cover will count, so sayeth this cover…”
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“The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.”
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Source : George Catlin (2015). “The North American Indians Volume 1 of 2: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners and Conditions”, p.53, Digital Scanning Inc
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