Daisaku Ikeda Quotes

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

Daisaku Ikeda

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• Totalitarianism

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• Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • Democracy
  • Transition
  • Totalitarianism