[D]ebate the challenges we confront-not with outrage, but with the kind of critical thinking we Americans were once famous for, which takes self-criticism as the first step toward finding solutions. (Ayaan Hirsi Ali)

[D]ebate the challenges we confront-not with outrage, but with the kind of critical thinking we Americans were once famous for, which takes self-criticism as the first step toward finding solutions.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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