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Government

Mar. 20, 2003

War Games

Forum Column By Stephen Yagman "[M]y secret opinion of this country: its follies, vices, grievous disappointments ... I believe the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in its ultimate failure of its example on the earth." This was the British author Charles Dickens' bitter impression of America on April 1, 1842, during a visit to this country.

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        By Stephen Yagman
        
        "[M]y secret opinion of this country: its follies, vices, grievous disappointments ... I believe the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this...

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