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Whitelaw Reid: We broke it down, and we cannot, dare not, display the cowardice and selfishness of failing to replace it.

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We broke it down, and we cannot, dare not, display the cowardice and selfishness of failing to replace it.
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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid calls for the United States to take responsibility for restoring order after disrupting it through war.

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