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It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it among one's own people. And…

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...there is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of…
This is a big world. Billions - rapidly increasing billions - of people live outside our borders. Obviously, a great number of…
It is obviously easier, for the short run, to draw cheap labor from adjacent pools of poverty...than to find it among one's…
Actually, the inability of any society to resist immigration, the inability to find other solutions to the problem of employment at the…
Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility…
It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for…
Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with…
The jealous and intolerant eye of the Kremlin can distinguish, in the end, only vassals and enemies, and the neighbors of Russia,…
It is clear that the main element of any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of long-term, patient…
There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions…
War is a highly overrated tool of foreign policy.
A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable…

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