"The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write."

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I assure Romanians that once I return... I will try and generate a sentiment of reconciliation in society. Divisions in society must be stopped, they must be annihilated, because Romania needs all its energy to... integrate into the civilized world.

— Traian Basescu