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“From the ground, we stand; From our ships, we live; By the stars, we hope."
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Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms…is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
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Kenya's got Nairobi, a city that's like New York, Chicago, and San Diego had a kid who speaks ten languages, has an incredible music scene, and two master's degrees.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
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Further, police brutality is extremely expensive. "We identified 217 publicly reported settlements that resulted in policy changes and over $2,340,780,094.00 in monetary compensation to victims."