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22. X [George Kennan], “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” Foreign Affairs 25, no. 4 (July 1947), 582. Emphasis added.
23. Ibid.
CHAPTER 9: LET US TAKE OUR STAND
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2. John F. Kennedy, “Address on Civil Rights,” Miller Center.
3. “Doomsday Clock,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
4. George C. Marshall, “Commencement Address at Harvard University (the Marshall Plan Speech)” (speech, Cambridge, June 5, 1947), George C. Marshall Foundation, http://www.marshallfoundation.org/library/MarshallPlanSpeechfromRecordedAddress_000.html.
5. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Development Assistance Committee.
6. Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President on a New Beginning” (speech, Cairo, June 4, 2009), White House Office of the Press Secretary, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-cairo-university-6-04-09.
BY JEFFREY D. SACHS
To Move the World:
JFK’s Quest for Peace
The Price of Civilization:
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
Common Wealth:
Economics for a Crowded Planet
The End of Poverty:
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
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