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Tim Walz: “An oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. Their yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2011
An oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. Their yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Walz emphasizes the inevitability of freedom for oppressed peoples, linking it to the Tibetan struggle.

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