“This is a historic moment for democracy and freedom for two reasons. First, the American voters have decisively repudiated 8 years of violations of individual liberties at home and abroad. Democracy and freedom are indeed self-correcting systems. Second, we have elected a black American as our president, after our tortured history of oppression of people by the color of their skin. Now more than ever, we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Now more than ever, we know that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
William Easterly, Professor of Economics, NYU
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