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RESPONSE: 1998 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee YING RUOCHENG

"It is especially gratifying for me and my colleagues as the award is a tangible justification for our efforts at enhancing creative communication among the peoples of the world. In such a context I would like to consider the award not just as my personal...

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RESPONSE: 1996 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee TIRUNELLAI SESHAN

"I deemed this award a tribute to the process of democracy throughout the free world, to the wisdom of millions of India's electorate not always necessarily formally educated, to the millions of Indian voters who have overcome disabilities of economic status, social...

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RESPONSE: 1996 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee TOSHIHIRO TAKAMI

"What I have been doing is what common people have been doing for centuries: to cherish Life and food which sustains life. Life and food are inseparable. The reverence of Life leads to the reverence of food and nature." 1996 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee TOSHIHIRO TAKAMI...

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RESPONSE: 1996 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee JOHN WOONG-JIN OH

"For those who need love most, those who have no place to lean on nor energy to beg, those who are abandoned by their families, and those who are treated with contempt, I live as their servant. I would like to thank all who have given immeasurable love and service to...

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RESPONSE: 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee ARVIND KEJRIWAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEsom_Ce7Q&t=19s   "Enactment of the Right to Information law has ushered in a new era in Indian democracy. In a democracy, people are the masters and the governments exist to serve them. But the situation is reverse in practice. Right...

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RESPONSE: 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee PARK WON SOON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id4Nev-Ecsw   "I always thought that good work could not be achieved by one person but by a group of people who share a common dream and common goals. This award is a result of not only my work but the work we have done together to make...

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RESPONSE: 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee SANDUK RUIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEahajLNtDE&t=4s "On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of blinded cataract patients for whom I have played a small part in restoring their sight and giving them dignity in their lives, I accept this prestigious Award." 2006 Ramon...

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RESPONSE: 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee LIANG CONGJIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFM0NleTV4I "This award is surely a great encouragement to me as well as to Friends of Nature. It is also a reminder to me that the road ahead of us is still long and even more difficult. I will always bear in mind that a good...

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