“In the Middle East today there are too many people consumed by political dreams and too few interested in practical plans. That is why, to paraphrase Winston Churchill's line about the Balkans, the region produces more history than it consumes.”
Fareed Zakaria
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
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