A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept informe…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and needs of its neighbors - all the other nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world ✨ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gramercy
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