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Ron Suskind, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism Quotes: A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.
         

A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.


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