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Jim Webb: “The fate of these societies and their political evolution rests not with us, the United States Government or NGOs, it…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2010
The fate of these societies and their political evolution rests not with us, the United States Government or NGOs, it rests with the citizens.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

States that political change depends on the citizens, not external forces.

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