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Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us americans.
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Americans Want To Be Protected, But Not

Maureen Dowd
Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us americans.
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Perhaps the most significant thing a person can know about himself is to understand his own system of values. almost every thing we do is a reflection of our own personal value system. what do we mean by values? our values are what we want out of life. no one is born with a set of values. except for our basic physiological needs such as air, water, and food, most of our values are acquired after birth.
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