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— Martha C. Nussbaum"I am a very big fan of the nation, actually. In Cicero's time, there was this idea that although we were members of the whole world of human beings, we also needed to connect our imaginations to a smaller unit. The smaller unit was something we knew we could live or die for, as Cicero died for the Roman republic."
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The spirit's there and that's not just my imagination. I think if you look at surveys and attitudes among young people, you see it.
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