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The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.
Michael Mandelbaum
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Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were certainly monumental.
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Words matter, especially words defining complicated political arrangements, because they shape perceptions of the events of the past, attitudes toward policies being carried out in the present, and expectations about desirable directions for the future.
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The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed the lives of many more. But they did not change the world.
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While analogies are useful, however, they can also be misleading. They smuggle in assumptions that can be wrong.
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The world needs a strong America.
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The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.
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The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.
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The United States plays, for the most part, a constructive global role, and to the extent that that role shrinks, other countries, even those most critical of what America does abroad, will suffer.
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The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.
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Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.
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If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.
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