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إذا الشعب يوما أراد الحياة فلا بد أن يستجيب القدر

If, one day, the people wills to live, then destiny must surely respond.

When a people truly commit themselves to demanding freedom and life, fate itself will bend to their will.

Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, Tunisia

Source: Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi, "Iradat al-Hayat" (The Will to Life), from Aghani al-Hayat (1955); opening lines incorporated into the Tunisian national anthem "Humat al-Hima"

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