“But these two have been intractable problems for decades, even a century. Their root causes have been social injustice and economic injustice. Brilliant minds and experts have been harnessed to tackle these problems. And still the problems persist.”

—  Francis Escudero

2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero

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