“A former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Harold Mc Millan, once said, "It is not the things that one did in one's life that one regrets, but rather the opportunities missed."”

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

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