Do we know our poor people? Do we know the poor in our house, in our family? Perhaps they are not hungry for a piece of bread. Perhaps our children, husband, wife, are not hungry, or naked, or dispossessed, but are you sure there is no one there who feels unwanted, deprived of affection?
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- Author's profession: Leader, Activist
- Nationality: albanian
- Born: August 26, 1910
- Died: September 5, 1997
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