We're certainly not immune from arrogance. But I want to say, you want to look at a unique moment in history. Look at 1945 at the end of World War II. America was the only country on the planet that had nuclear weapons [in 1945]. for millennia. If any country had the ability to destroy any other nation, they would have conquered the world. You know what America did? We exercised restraint. (26:08–26:13)
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