The lack of roads in Africa greatly hinders agriculture, education, and development.
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NORMAN ALLEN It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts; which may be ent...
NORMAN ANGELL You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
NORMAN DOUGLAS The word conservative is used by the BBC as a portmanteau word of abuse for anyone whose views diffe...
NORMAN TEBBIT A human being fashions his consequences as surely as he fashions his goods or his dwelling his goods...
NORMAN COUSINS The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the pu...
NORMAN COUSINS The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of...
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