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With The End Of The Cold War, All The 'isms' Of The 20th Century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism And The Evil Of Apartheid-ism - Have Failed. Except One. Only Democracy Has Shown Itself True The Help Of All Mankind.

-Jack Kemp

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With The End Of The Cold War, All The 'isms' Of The 20th Century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism And The Evil Of Apartheid-ism - Have Failed. Except One. Only Democracy Has Shown Itself True The Help Of All Mankind.

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