Nations have lost their old omnipotence the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Nations have lost their old omnipotence the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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