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"It is the obsession of my life to serve the underprivileged of humanity, especially women and children, and to extend to them the recognition and the rights they deserve. I accept this award on behalf of Cambodian women and children who have been the most oppressed...

"This award has propelled me and my colleagues at the SIUT to consolidate and expand our work being mindful of future generations. Let it never be said by them that indifference, cynicism and selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideal of humanism which the...

"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...

"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...

"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...

"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...

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...

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...