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“U.S. certainly are not warlike. We don't want that. We want to make money, which I always thought was one of the most admirable things about Americans.” quote by Gore Vidal — Download Open image

“U.S. certainly are not warlike. We don't want that. We want to make money, which I always thought was one of the most admirable things about Americans.”

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