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“Why do all this? Why show him the world when he’s never going to leave the ghetto?” “Because,” she would say, “even if he never leaves the ghetto, he will know that the ghetto is not the world. If that is all I accomplish, I’ve done
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“As a source of the fledgling nation's financial might, slavery shaped our political institutions and founding documents, our laws governing private property and financial regulation, our management techniques and accounting systems, and our economic systems and labor unions.”
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
― The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
“[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”
― The Orphan Master's Son
― The Orphan Master's Son
“The debate over the inherent benefits of Pax Americana should have been settled long ago. But history only settles great debates for as long as people can remember the history.”
― America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder
― America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder
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