"Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that Governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security."
- excerpt from the Declaration of Independence of the USA , July 4, 1776
Sri Lankans have no foreign oppressor, only our very own politicians who we have elected through a democratic process. Yet, this system has served only to oppress us, to deprive us of our basic rights and dignity and to severely retard the progress of our nation. I have entered politics for one reason alone - it is my right and duty to change politics in my country and usher in better Government. Many able men and women of our country have shirked this duty, claiming that politics is corrupt and they want no part of it. These men and women are cowards and hypocrites, for politics is corrupt only because of their absence. Ultimately it is they who have failed their country, and not the criminals who have become our politicians.
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