National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space.…

Carl Sagan
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National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars. ✨ Cosmos. p. 318. Book by Carl Sagan, 1980.
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