01/12/1979
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"I think the greatness of any nation is measured not just in material things, not even what it possesses, but what it stands for."
"Youth employment legislation is one of my top domestic priorities."
"Some have asked me as President, 'Why do you take such an interest in Africa? Your predecessors never did.'"
"President Ziaur has been in the forefront of making the lives of the Bangladesh citizens better each year."