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— Paul Valery"Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events."
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Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imminent end of America's unique global role have a harder case to make than those who think we will limp on for a while, making a mess of things as usual.
— Walter Russell Mead
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