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๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ญ๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ช ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐.
In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on 10 December 1993, he said:
โ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โ
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