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" We don't have a public that really understands the world anymore, and in the age of complexity, that problem becomes much more difficult. "
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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" We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised. "
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