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People of different nations learn to respect each other as they find that their differences are the effect of social and local custom, not founded upon good reasons.
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Sherman emphasizes the importance of mutual respect among nations based on understanding cultural differences.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
How can we avert a calamity at which humanity and civilization shudder?
Some of you broke down the only political organization that could compete with us, and thus gave us an easy victory.
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