"National interests derive from national identity. We have to know who we are before we can know what our interests are."

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Academics from the United StatesHarvard University alumniColumbia University facultyHarvard University facultyConservatives from the United States
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Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity (2004), p. 10

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Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity (2004), p. 10