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In reality, the wall was only ever partially successful in military terms. Without doubt its early-warning system, fortifications and strategic strongholds offered some protection, but, as we’ve seen, they were hardly impregnable.
we need to avoid the tendency to think that Republican voters are uneducated racists, and that Democrat voters are elitist reprobates.
Sometimes the Israelis curtail imports of concrete to try to restrict the tunnel building, arguing that the people of Gaza would be better served if it was used for schools and hospitals.
German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl, said later, ‘It was in Hungary that the first stone was removed from the Berlin Wall.’
Voltaire: ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.’
‘Good fences make good neighbours.’
