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"In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world."
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"The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries."

"It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?"

"And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically."

"Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks."

"It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring."

"Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move."

"Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world."

"I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction."
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