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"Lebanon’s educational system, fragmented in terms of structure, curriculum, language of instruction and cultural emphasis, acts against the socio-political integration of the society; reinforces duplicatory sectarianism, foreign linkage and dependence"
E Pluribus Plura or E Pluribus Unum? - Cultural Pluralism and Social Class in Lebanon, Samih K. Farsoun, 1988
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"Le Liban, par peur d’être simplement ce qu’il est, et à force de ne vouloir être ni ceci ni cela, s’aperçoit qu’il risque maintenant de n’être plus rien du tout"
Deux Négations ne Font pas une Nation - Georges Naccache, Orient 1949
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Since we perfectly realize that our ideological, political, and sectarian differences sometimes justify our negative outlook……What we dream of is a country that can transform its differences into a source of power and cohesion, a country free of selfish, sectarian, and family constraints.
The Dream Statement - Samir Kassir, An-Nahar, 2004
(Tranlsated from Arabic)
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"Sur le point de savoir si c’est le bon citoyen qui édifie un bon Etat ou si c’est celui-ci qui forme le bon citoyen, il suffit de constater qu’il existe entre le citoyen et l’Etat une intercommunication étroite qui fait que l’un réagit sur l’autre."
Réflexions à Propos d’un Etat à Réhabiliter et d’un Citoyen à Réeduquer - Fouad Boutros, 1988
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"We call [those who have various political and ideological doctrines] simple-minded to the extent of being naive, because they see everything from a single point of view and interpret things according to a single concept. In so doing, they seek to summarize everything from one perspective, be it on the social, political, economic or even philosophical level"
Reality and Future Prospects in Lebanon - Kamal Jumblat, 1956
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"Nationalism is a great thing so long as it can be set aside when mankind, and the fate of the world along with it, is at stake"
Lebanon In the World - Future Prospects - Michel Chiha, 1951
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"Two separate textbooks for each faith were created for each grade with no information about the other religion; actually the writing of a common book for Christian and Muslim students based on common spiritual values was refused by the sects"
The Negative Face of the Lebanese Education System - Nemer Frayha, 2009
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"It is not enough to be, it is not enough to be free to be what you are. You must also be free to become what your conscience requires you to become in the light of your best knowledge"
Plenary discussions preceding the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Charles Malik, 1949
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"اذ ندرك تماماً ان اختلافاتنا الفكرية والسياسية والطائفية تبرّر عند البعض القنوط والسلبية…ما نحلم به، بلاد تنهل من اختلافاتها لتحولها مصدر قوة وتماسك، بلاد متحررة من قيود الأنانيات الطائفية والعائلية"
بيان الحلم, سمير قصير, 2004
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Il nous faut sortir de nos ghettos communautaires jalousement gardés par les partis de la guerre, refonder notre vivre-ensemble aux conditions de l’État, et non plus aux conditions de nos différentes communautés, et jeter les bases d’un État civil où la loi qui est l’expression de la volonté générale est la même pour tous, où la justice est indépendante du pouvoir politique, où le citoyen peut choisir de n’être plus régi par un statut personnel religieux, mais civil, où la religion n’est pas instrumentalisée à des fins politiques...
41 ans après , il est temps de changer - Samir Frangié, 13 Avril 2016.
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