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" Just as entrepreneurs developed America, they can develop other countries, too. "

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" We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America. "

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" Barack Obama has talked a lot about changing the way America relates to the world, and few areas are as ripe for reform as our policies on foreign aid. "

" The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce. "

" Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed. "

" Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources. "

" In America, people buy cars, and they put very little money down. They get a car, and they go to work. The work pays them a salary; the salary allows them to pay for the car over time. The car pays for itself. "

" A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan. "

" I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance. "

" A lot of technologies in the world were unusual in the beginning, and became standard. That's the beauty of bottom-up entrepreneurship and innovations. "

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