“Discouragement slowly but tenaciously strangles the greatest longings of the soul. Don't let the dreams God has put in your hearts be stolen. And never lose hope of achieving a better country.”

— Jorge Eduardo Lozano

Source: “Don’t allow the dreams God put into your hearts to be stolen,” Argentinean bishop says https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/10471/dont-allow-the-dreams-god-put-into-your-hearts-to-be-stolen-argentinean-bishop-says (24 September 2007)

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