"We start from scratch, every generation. History does not bend inevitably toward justice, or freedom, or decency, or even stability. History doesn't do that in Hong Kong, or in Moscow, or in Washington or New York City or Los Angeles. History goes where we push it. And if we donât push, someone else will."
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Kevin D. Williamson, as quoted in "America in the World" (3 August 2020), by Jay Nordlinger, National Review
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