Borders Quotes
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Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain
At the time, the major European countries were in a competitive scramble for colonies in Africa—so much so that there were very few independent territories left. The maps and borders of Africa were really decided by the Europeans.
This geography prevented peoples of one country to have contact at the borders with those of another, as in Europe or most of the rest of the world. The result is an isolationism from fellow South American nations and with little familiarity and contact there has always been suspicion and distrust.
Reagan was the first President to admit that America was not in control of its own borders.
No enemy had ever gotten close to Sparta. . See {632265} for a related quotation.