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When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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Madeleine M. Kunin
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: September 28
Diplomat
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City of Zurich
Madeleine May Kunin
Madeleine Kunin
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