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- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: scottish
- Born: December 7, 1784
- Died: October 30, 1842
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Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy has to be endorsed by the people if it is to be pursued. And it makes it much more difficult for any president to pursue an intelligent policy that does justice to the complexity of the world.
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