Editors of Monthly Review, Volume 53, Issue 06 (November 2001), in "After the Attack…The War on Terrorism"
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In Britain, empire was justified as a benevolent "White Man's Burden." And in the United States, empire does not even exist; "we" are merely protecting the causes of freedom, democracy, and justice worldwide.
— Editors on Benevolence
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