Leonid Kuchma (1938) Second president of Ukraine
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“The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history.”
1940s, Third Inaugural Address (1941)
Context: The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. It permeated the ancient life of early peoples. It blazed anew in the Middle Ages. It was written in Magna Charta.
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