"During lonely hours of painting, the Â鶹Éç is my sole companion. Its impartial reporting of Ìýnews from around the world is refreshing amongst so Ìýmuch bigotry and partisanship, as symbolised here. Leaders have always encouraged national identity since their status depends upon it but, if examined more dispassionately, it may be understood as a self-Ìýcongratulatory fantasy, derived merely from an accident Ìýof birth. Only when it is realised that no nation possesses a monopoly of truth or status Ìýover another and is therefore Ìýnot worth killing or dying for, will peace between nations be possible.
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