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Ron DeSantis: “Every single one of [previous republics] had failed.”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis Commencement Address

Published | Video Starts at 06:30

And the one lesson, there was really only one common thread that united all previous republics in human history, and it was this. Every single one of [previous republics] had failed. And so they understood. It fell to the United States of America to determine once and for all, can we actually have a Society where we govern ourselves, where our … (06:30–06:33)

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