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“Compassion in governance is not sentimentalism; it is rational foresight. Societies that abandon their vulnerable eventually weaken their own foundations. Stability grows where dignity is protected.”

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“Compassion in governance is not sentimentalism; it is rational foresight. Societies that abandon their vulnerable eventually weaken their own foundations. Stability grows where dignity is protected.”

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