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Perhaps that’s because, if we stop clinging to the hope that it was all for the greater good, the events become too disturbing to imagine.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Thank you for praising me,” Mr. Brookhiser writes in summarizing Lafayette’s speeches, “but thank you above all for causing the world to esteem America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
OK, but surely that’s all for dodgy people who worked for Collins?
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I'm just all for gals," she told The Guardian in 2019.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But it had happened to him, these people had witnessed it, and they still wanted to risk their own safety, all for some idea.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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