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Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support a family. A tiny group of Guatemalans owns a third of the country's arable land; more than 300,000 landless peasants must scrounge a living as best they can.
— Stephen Kinzer
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During the Cold War, the non-aligned movement tried to become a 'third force' in world politics, but failed because it was too large and unwieldy.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Mexico needs schools, rural development, and an independent judiciary, not high-tech weaponry.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes to Anatolia, established the Ottoman Empire and ruled for centuries over large swaths of Europe and Asia are the subject of countless legends, poems and books.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.
— Stephen Kinzer
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