“My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.”

Meaning

This reads as a nod to modest beginnings and the values that came with them. The point is not education alone, but the discipline and responsibility passed down in the family, even without a political background. It lands when someone is explaining an unusual path into public life, showing that commitment can come from home rather than ideology.

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Originally said in English.

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