“I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
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Original: (ar) و وباء #كورونا يجتاح العالم مهددا للبشريةندعو مجلس الأمن والأمين العام للأمم المتحدة انتونيو غوتيرش @antoniojuterres<br>لايقاف القوى المعتدية عن عدوانها على الشعب اليمني وفك الحصار عليه<br>فالوباء ينتشر بكافة أنحاء العالم ويجب أن تنعم شعوب العالم بالسلام وتتمكن من مكافحة الوباء الخطير<br><br> On a Twitter post https://twitter.com/Moh_Alhouthi/status/1242028208490414080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw (March 23, 2020). Translated https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-live-updates-uk-us-italy-germany-europe-outbreak-cases-meetings-bans-update-latest-news?page=with:block-5e78dedd8f08e46329cb44ff#block-5e78dedd8f08e46329cb44ff by The Guardian.
“I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.”
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