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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.

Daisaku Ikeda

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Daisaku Ikeda
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: January 2
Philosopher
Poet
President
Writer
City of Tokyo
Dazuo Chitian
Ta-tso Chʻih-tʻien
Remember
Need
Needs
Work
Incomplete
Think
Everywhere
Thinking
Progress
Democracy
Nature

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