Carolina QuotesOur policies of assistance to the developing world are based not solely on altruism but also on self-interest. There are three major areas where our interests are affected by our policies toward the developing world: our economy, our security, and the ominous increase in the number of refugees clamoring to come to the United States ... unless the economies of the Southern Hemisphere grow, this flood of refugees from the developing world will become a deluge.
Richard Nixon Connected to the Carolinas
Source
(Cap II, Asia and the New American Century)
- work
- Beyond Peace (1994)
- year
- 1994
attributed
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