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America is a 50-50-50 electorate: 50 per cent Democrat, 50 per cent Republican and 50 per cent who don't vote
Where politics shouldn’t go
One of the most untouchable issues in American politics is the damaging proposition, deliberately fostered by government leaders that religious devotion and patriotism are inseparable

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: A look at the history of Mein Kampf
One person who did read it, and take it seriously, was the British ambassador in Berlin in 1933, Sir Horace Rumbold. He sent his explicit report on it to the Foreign Office in London, and the report, pointing out the dangers of Hitler on the basis of reading the book, was read by all members of the Cabinet, including the prime minister. Why, despite this, the threat was not acted upon is, of course, another story.
Germans, even Nazis, did not quote from it very often, whereas Soviet Communists were quoting from Lenin and Stalin at every opportunity.
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