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“The principles of Portuguese colonization are derived from the country’s traditional faith. From our beginning as a nation Christianity has shaped our laws and customs and so firmly is the national character moulded by Catholic doctrine that a religious ethos, generally pointing to Rome, is characteristic of Portuguese thought. Because of this, the ideal of evangelization has always been preserved. Sheer necessity or commercial interests have simetimes dimmed this ideal but they have never extinguished it.
“However, we do not wish to advance the notion of a spiritual crusade as the sole or even the primary aim of our policy at all times [...]”.
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