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"States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking."

Victor Davis Hanson, American Historian

People, Question, States, Thinking

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"States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking."

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"States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking."

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