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• We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
• Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the…
• History is a better guide than good intentions.
• A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.
• Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations.
• Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Cross cultural…
• I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
• Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.

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