"America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy."

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"America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy."

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"America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality."

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