“You don't know what you have until you lose it.”

—  Danilo Medina

Source: Danilo Medina (2021) cited in " Danilo Medina: “In PLD The Time For Being In The Most Privileged Position And Laziness Is Over” https://amicohoops.net/danilo-medina-in-pld-the-time-for-being-in-the-most-privileged-position-and-laziness-is-over/" on Amico Hoops, 21 May 2021.

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President of the Dominican Republic 1951

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