“It's not enough to trade a prison of powerlessness for the pain of an empty stomach.”

—  Barack Obama

2012, Yangon University Speech (November 2012)
Context: It's not enough to trade a prison of powerlessness for the pain of an empty stomach. But history shows that governments of the people and by the people and for the people more powerful in delivering prosperity.

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