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Thought For the Day: Familiarity With Other Countries Teaches Us We May Be Friends

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou, poet (4 … Continue reading

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First Principles: Countries Like People Should Keep Their Word In All Agreements

“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” —Alexander Hamilton (1790), In Report On Public Credit The Report On Public Credit may be read here: http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_2s5.htmlContinue reading

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