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Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
Daisaku Ikeda
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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 97
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
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City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
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